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This artwork, Kui Hua Zi (Sun Flower Seeds) by Ai Weiwei, is currently for sale at Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art.
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TITLE:
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Kui Hua Zi (Sun Flower Seeds)
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WORK DATE:
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2009
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CATEGORY:
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Sculptures
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MATERIALS:
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1000 sun flower seeds in porcelain, sculpted and painted by hand, manufactured in Jingdezhen, China, in glass jar, inscribed with title and artist name
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EDITION/SET OF:
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30 with 12 A.P.
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MARKINGS:
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Signed and numbered certificate
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SIZE:
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h: 6.4 x w: 4.4 x d: 4.4 in / h: 16.3 x w: 11.2 x d: 11.2 cm
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STYLE:
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Contemporary
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PRICE*:
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Contact Gallery for Price
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DESCRIPTION:
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Published by Carolina Nitsch for the New Museum, New York
Kui Hua Zi - which translates as "sunflower seeds" - is a continuation of Ai's practice of fusing Western and Eastern sensibilities, history, and contemporary political metaphor. The sunflower seeds are a symbol for a sustainable way of life, and are made in porcelain, a material invented in China 1,200 years ago. The image and metaphor of the sunflower seed were omnipresent in Mao's cultural revolution and often represented the Chairman himself. Packed in a modern household glass, they are a down-to-earth symbol to be used by everyone and emphasize Ai's combination of the common with the extraordinary. The gesture of enclosing the seeds within a re-sealable jar is part of his larger vision of interactivity in his works and metaphors of Chinese society. The porcelain sunflower seeds represent the one and the many; and the modern with the ancient.
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