Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn
Ceramic Works 5000 BCE – 2010 CE

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Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn, on view at MoCC July 15 – October 30, 2010, is accompanied by a fully-illustrated catalog featuring four essays commissioned for the exhibition and appearing in both English and Chinese translation. Essays include contributions by Philip Tinari, Dario Gamboni, Stacey Pierson, and Glenn Adamson, as well as the first English translation of an interview with Ai originally published in his White Cover Book (1995). The exhibition catalog is produced in collaboration with Office for Discourse Engineering, a Beijing-based editorial studio, and will be distributed in the U.S. by RAM Publications.

Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn has been organized by Arcadia University Art Gallery and supported by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative. Curated by Richard Torchia, Arcadia University Gallery Director, and Gregg Moore, Arcadia University Associate Professor of Art and Design.

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Ai Weiwei Catalog Cover

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Hardcover; 126 pages; 7.5 x 10.5 inches
Arcadia University Art Gallery ISBN: 978-0-9762154-4-8
Office for Discourse Engineering ISBN: 978-988-17367-7-2
Release date: October 2010
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