Title |
Dust to Dust |
Creator |
Ai Weiwei |
Creator Nationality |
Chinese |
Style Period |
21st Century Art; Contemporary Art |
Description |
The standard glass storage container is filled with a reddish brown powder derived from Neolithic pottery sanded away into a new existence. The pottery, which Weiwei claims dates to 5000-3000 BCE, survived time, wars, and natural disasters for some 7000 years. |
Subject |
Contemporary Ceramics; Contemporary Asian Art |
Creation Date |
2009 CE |
Medium |
glass storage jar filled with reddish-brown powder |
Classes |
ART 2400: First Year Studio, Introduction to Visual Language |
Source |
Ceramics: Art and Perception, issue 82, 2010 |
Work ID |
16128 |
Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t75w01 |
Setname |
uu_aah_art |
ID |
41912 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t75w01 |