10 Questions
What was the significant influence on Ai Weiwei's art, according to the text?
The communal toilets his father was forced to clean
What was the artwork 'Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn' intended to demonstrate?
Ai Weiwei's love for provocative controversy
What was the reaction of antique dealers to Ai Weiwei's 'Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn'?
They were outraged and considered it an act of desecration
Where was Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads' installed in New York City?
Pulitzer Fountain at Grand Army Plaza
What did Ai Weiwei drop and smash in the artwork 'Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn'?
2000-year old ceremonial urn
What does Ai's gesture of sticking his middle finger up at Tiananmen Square Gate symbolize?
Disdain for state power and suppression
What is the central message embodied by the smashed vase in Ai's artwork?
Emphasis on cultural destruction and hypocrisy
What does Ai's ton of tea artwork recall aesthetically?
Minimalism
What does Ai's act of compressing a ton of traditional pu'er tea leaves into a cubic meter space signify?
Exploration of material and cultural transformation
What did Ai mean to target with his gesture at Tiananmen Square Gate according to his explanation?
Feudalism
Learn about Ai Weiwei's installation of the Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads at the Pulitzer Fountain in New York City, and gain insight into Ai Weiwei's personal influences and experiences, including his father's impact on his life and art.
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