Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Han Jar Overpainted with Coca-Cola Logo
- Artist: Ai Weiwei (Chinese, born Beijing, 1957)
- Date: 1995
- Culture: China
- Medium: Earthenware, paint
- Dimensions: H. 9 7/8 in. (25 cm); Diam. 11 in. (28 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics
- Credit Line: Lent by M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong
- Rights and Reproduction: © Ai Weiwei
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art