Ai Weiwei
Swatter (P. 81)
A conceptual artwork featuring a swatter that challenges the utility and perception of everyday objects. The work questions the meaning of usefulness and how functionality shapes human understanding of objects.
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- "I make the useful become not useful . . . It is a basis for dealing with perception and when you think about how people use an object, you're also using so-called knowledge in the sense that 'useful' has a meaning. The meaning is the use. And that plays a great role in human understanding and culture." – Ai Weiwei in conversation with Jacques Herzog, Parkett No. 81, 2003
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- Auction House · Phillips
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April 19, 2022
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