Dropping a Han Dynasty urn
(2015)
Medium
plastic on composition board
Measurements
(a-c) 240.4 × 641.3 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Loti & Victor Smorgon Fund, 2017
© Ai Weiwei Studio
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Subjects (general)
Concepts and Ideas Human Figures Performance Art
Subjects (specific)
Ai, Weiwei antiquities (object genre) artists (visual artists) breaking ceramic ware (visual works) destruction (process) men (male humans) urns
Movements
Contemporary (style of art)
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