TY - JOUR AU - Kiko, Rodrigo AU - Arantes, Priscila PY - 2022/06/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Dropping The Urn: a cultura partida e reduzida a pó na obra de Ai Weiwei JF - DAT Journal JA - DATJournal VL - 7 IS - 2 SE - Design, Art and Technology DO - 10.29147/datjournal.v7i2.594 UR - https://datjournal.anhembi.br/dat/article/view/594 SP - 54-65 AB - <p><em>This article examines one of the most iconic works by contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1993). A brief punctuation is made about the aesthetic and symbolic characteristics referring to Chinese tradition and identity reflected in the ceramics. It addresses the concepts of material culture and cultural memory to open a case study of the artist’s work from the perspective of Kopytoff. This article analyzes the performative action of the artist in the photographic triptych, relating the historical cultural contexts to the concept of the work.</em></p> ER -