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The museum formally accessioned 30 Asian objects from the collection of Dr. Frank A. Wachowiak, an art educator who left the works to the museum in 1999. Wachowiak became enthralled with Asian artwork after traveling to Tokyo in 1965 — not long before Lamar Dodd lured him to the University of Georgia — and through subsequent trips to East Asia. This ojime may have been used as a decorative bead to fasten the cord of an inrō (carrying case), which hung from the belt of a kimono. Unidentified maker (Chinese/Japanese), all-over figural carved seed ojime, 19th century. Carved wood. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Transfer from the University of Georgia Foundation, Bequest of Frank A. Wachowiak. 2026.1.
Through his travels, Dr. Wachowiak collected a variety of Shinto and Buddhist sculpture, netsuke, masks, woodblock prints, painted scrolls and screens. The artisan of this okimono (small decorative sculpture) incorporated the burled wood’s natural curves and ridges to shape the man’s flowing robes and staff. Unidentified maker (Chinese), okimono of lacquered burled wood, 19th century. Carved wood. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Transfer from the University of Georgia Foundation, Bequest of Frank A. Wachowiak. 2026.12.1 – 3.
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Oscar Palacio is a Colombian-born, Boston-based photographer whose work explores the relationships between landscape, memory and history. During an artist residency at the Lamar Dodd School of Art in 2025, Palacio created a new series that uses the Oconee River to examine the interplay between the natural and built environment. The museum will publish a book of Palacio’s work called “Ghosts of Oconee” in late 2026/early 2027. Oscar Palacio (Colombian, born 1970), “Memorial, Wounded Knee, SD,” 2009, printed 2025. Archival pigment print, 21 × 24 15/16 inches. Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Museum purchase. 2025.61.
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