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2 days ago
- Entertainment
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Ai Weiwei Subverts the Swoosh in 'Colored Vase' Edition
Summary Ai Weiweihas 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 'Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn,' 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. The iconic artist and activist builds on this dialogue in a new five-piece collaboration withAvant Arte. Titled 'Coloured Vase,' 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 'Glass Vase' works and Duchamp-inspiredReadymades— works that challenge the social systems that decides what gets to be precious. 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 × 23 × 23 cm, every vase bears Weiwei's 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 toAvant Arteto sign up for the drop.
Hypebeast
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hypebeast
Dominique Fung Evokes Subliminal Romance in New Print
Summary This past spring, Canadian-Chinese artistDominique Fungturned heads with her monumental Hong Kong solo show, welcoming onlookers into her surreal, sublime world. Her oil paintings are harmonies of ancestral and contemporary elements, finding balance in the borderlands between the two. Now, Fung is teaming up withAvant Arteto launch a new print edition. Titled 'Handheld Fan,' the release continues her exploration of colonial-era aesthetics through deft portraiture and dreamy washes of color. The artist collaborated with the printmakers at Make-Ready for the 13-layer work, completed with raised accents enhancing its tactile quality while echoing themes of cultural memory and handcrafted touch. Based on her 2021 work 'Bone Holding Fan,' the image features four faces emerging from a Qing Dynasty bone fan, an object historically associated with elite court culture and the exotics of Asian femininity as seen through the Western gaze. These ornate fans, often carved from ivory or bone, once functioned as tools of allure and concealment. In 'Handheld Fan,' Fung dismantles these tropes across racial and gendered lines, transforming the fan into a fragmented yet potent site of critique and reimagination. Limited to an edition of 60, 'Handheld Fan' is a 13 layer textured UV pigment print with silkscreen matte varnish seal on 410 gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper, and can be ordered float-mounted in one of three framing options. The artwork unframed measures 53.1 cm x 60.0 cm and will be available for $1,363 USD starting July 22. Check out Avant Arte'swebsiteto enter the draw.
