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Kaz Oshiro 96375

orn and raised in Okinawa near an American military base (ZIP code 96375: the show’s title), Kaz Oshiro once came across a poster of a Ralph Goings photorealist painting of a ketchup bottle and salt and pepper shakers at an American-style restaurant. Describing this formative childhood experience in the exhibition text, Oshiro recalled that instead of being drawn in by the illusion, he

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