FDA-Sc.229:1-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.229:1-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Sunflower Seed
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
This hand-crafted porcelain sunflower seed may have been included in 'Kui Hua Zi' (Sunflower Seeds), Weiwei's art installation that was first exhibited at Tate Modern in London in 2011 and featured one hundred million similar seeds.
Description
Dimensions
height (frame): 180mm
width (frame): 188mm
depth (frame): 40mm
width (frame): 188mm
depth (frame): 40mm
Materials & techniques note
Hand painting on ceramic
Production
Person
Weiwei, Ai, 1957 - ? (Artist)
Date
2011
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Presented to Eton College by the family of Seojoon Justin Kim (PEPW, 2019-2024) to mark Eton’s inaugural East and South East Asian Heritage Month (2023) - organised by Justin and the Heritage Month Planning Committee, and the exhibition ‘The Wind from the East’ (2024)
Exhibited: ‘The Wind from the East’, Tower Gallery, Eton College, 1 to 26 February 2024 (curated by Jinjoo Josephine Lee FRSA FRAS, mother of Seojoon Justin Kim)
Exhibited: ‘The Wind from the East’, Tower Gallery, Eton College, 1 to 26 February 2024 (curated by Jinjoo Josephine Lee FRSA FRAS, mother of Seojoon Justin Kim)
