Foong is referencing Ai Weiwei's "Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" in 1995. The performance was photographed and now the images of the artist breaking a 2,000-year-old urn hang on the walls of the ...

One of Ai’s most famous pieces, “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, (1995)” captures the artist as he drops a 2,000-year-old ceremonial urn, allowing it to smash to the floor at his feet.

One of Ai’s most famous pieces, “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, (1995)” captures the artist as he drops a 2,000-year-old ceremonial urn, allowing it to smash to the floor at his feet.

Galansino added that Ai’s 1995 Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn photography series, which features the artist dropping an ancient vase, was meant to signify the “destruction of the past in recent ...