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Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo

Ai Weiwei Chinese

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By branding a Western Han dynasty (206 B.C–A.D. 9) jar with the Coca-Cola logo—the quintessential emblem of global consumerism—Ai provokes viewers to recognize how China’s engagement with the West has had both destructive and creative consequences.

Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo, Ai Weiwei (Chinese, born Beijing, 1957), Earthenware, paint, China

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