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| Dropping a Han-Dynasty Urn 1995 |
Ai Weiwei has been dubbed "China's Andy Warhol." and until recently, his solo exhibits had been limited to New York. next stop, Knoxville, Tennessee. until august 7 visitors to the Knoxville Museum of Art will have the opportunity to experience Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE).
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| Untitled 2006 A mound of hand-crafted replicas of sunflower seeds made from porcelain, weighing exactly one ton |
the buzz surrounding Weiwei escalated this spring with his unjustified imprisonment by the Chinese government. gun shy from political uprisings in the Arab world, China's political leaders targeted Weiwei and hundreds of other 'critics of the governments' and arrested them on rather unjustifiable charges. released june 22, Weiwei still remains under the controlling eye of his national government.
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| Colored Vases 2006 Vases from the Neolithic age (5000–3000 BCE) and industrial paint |
the artist has a particular gift of breathing new life into the ancient art of China. offending some and inspiring others, Weiwei fuses history and progressive art with the likes of 7000 year old urns splashed with bright shades of industrial paint and commercial logos.
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| Ghost Gu 2006 |
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I saw his sunflower installation at the Tate Modern and LOVED it. IT was kind of eerie because it was the same week he was captured and no one knew where he was. This installation was fascinating.
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