Arcadia University Art Gallery
Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn
(Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE)
Feb. 24 - April 18, 2010
Exhibition Event: Tuesday, March 23, 6:30 p.m.
“Rumors from the Desert”: Lecture by Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss
Stiteler Auditorium, Murphy Hall
Reception immediately following in the gallery. More info.
Arcadia University Art Gallery is pleased to present “Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn (Ceramic Works, 5000 BCE – 2010 CE)”, a solo exhibition of works by Chinese, Beijing-based artist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957). Opening Feb. 24, the show will run through April 18, and is scheduled to coincide with the spring 2010 conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) to be held in Philadelphia (March 31 to April 3). After its presentation at Arcadia, the show will travel to the Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland, Oregon) where it will open on July 15. Co-curated by gallery director Richard Torchia and Gregg Moore (artist and Associate Professor of Art and Design at Arcadia University), the exhibition is the first solo show by the artist to be presented outside of New York City in the United States.
More information about this exhibition.
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Upcoming Exhibitions
- Senior Thesis Exhibition, April 30 – May 21, 2010
Works by graduating Arcadia University Art & Design majors.
