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Ai Weiwei and Avant Arte have teamed up on a \u201cColored Vase,\u201d a five-piece sculptural edition that probes the tension between tradition and commercialization
\nPriced at $1,554 USD each, the works will be available for a one-week window starting August 28<\/p>\n
Ai Weiwei<\/a> has built a career on turning tradition inside out, consistently returning to ancient Chinese pottery to confront politics of value, heritage and power. In his provocative 1995 piece \u201cDropping a Han Dynasty Urn,\u201d Weiwei did just that, reframing destruction as its own act of preservation. In other works, centuries-old vases are graced with a logomaniac touch, weaving symbols of commercial emblems into objects of deep cultural heritage.<\/p>\n The iconic artist and activist builds on this dialogue in a new five-piece collaboration with Avant Arte<\/a>. Titled \u201cColoured Vase,\u201d the limited sculptural edition dons a familiar upside-down swoosh, fusing ancient craftsmanship with the language of contemporary commerce. The projects comes as a follow up to his 2023 Coca-cola emblazoned Murano \u201cGlass Vase\u201d works and Duchamp-inspired Readymades \u2014 works that challenge the social systems that decides what gets to be precious.\n<\/p>\n Arriving in red, blue, green, silver and gold colorways, the nickel-plated editions are created trough a meticulous metal-spinning process and finished with a tinted lacquer. Measuring 21 \u00d7 23 \u00d7 23 cm, every vase bears Weiwei\u2019s engraved signature and its unique edition number on the base. The sculptures will be available for $1,554 USD for a one-week window, starting at 2 PM BST on August 28. Head to Avant Arte<\/a> to sign up for the drop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary Ai Weiwei and Avant Arte have teamed up on a \u201cColored Vase,\u201d a five-piece sculptural edition that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86693,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-86692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}