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Oh works primarily as a painter, Oh has developed the concept Volossom, at once motif, philosophy, and generative process for her work. Volossom embodies the tension between chance and control in art: the prefix "vol", rooted in the Latin word voluntas(to will), anchors the term to intentionality and aspiration, while "blossom", is a kind of energetic automatism, bringing to mind self-precipitating found in nature. As a visual motif, the Volossom resembles both a flower in bloom and a slender leg extending from a dress, an uplifting symbol of future promise (voluntas is …