Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
2014
Format
Other
Exhibition Event Title
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
Date of Exhibition Event
September 27, 2014 - April 26, 2015
Location of Exhibition Event
Alcatraz Hospital, Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA
Materials
Porcelain, Hospital Fixtures (sinks, toilets, bathtubs)
Description
Blossom is a work created by Ai Weiwei specifically for the former Alcatraz prison in San Francisco. The installation consists of hundreds of white porcelain flowers, filling the sinks, toilets, and bathtubs in the former prison hospital on Alcatraz island. Like Ai Weiwei's other ceramic works, these porcelain flowers were made by artisans in Jingdezhen, China, using traditional techniques. The work explores the human rights and the contrast between beauty and confinement. Additionally, the work may allude to China's Hundred Flowers Campaign (1956), during which the government shortly encouraged freedom of expression before launching a political criticism and suppression on those who spoke out. (Source: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/OgWR6-s9R4gtKg) (Yida Du '29)
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