Ai Weiwei
dal 30/3/2010 al 17/4/2010
Segnalato da
30/3/2010
Ai Weiwei
Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside
Dropping the Urn. Ceramic works and photographs ranging from 1993 to the present
Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE - 2010 CE), a solo exhibition of works by Chinese, Beijing-based artist. The show coincides with the annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) held this year in Philadelphia (March 31 to April 3). Featuring a selection of ceramic works and photographs ranging from 1993 to the present, the exhibition offers viewers a focused look at Ai's iconoclastic appropriations of historic clay pots and porcelain vases. The oldest pieces in the show utilize 7000-year old Neolithic urns dating from 5000 BCE. The aura of these and other artifacts helps to define a body of work distinguished by its paradoxical investment in the Chinese ceramic vessel, a legacy whose values and significations it both questions and transcends.