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On traditions Ai Weiwei acts in the footsteps of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons and is influenced by Dadaïsme. (Duchamp 1887 to 1968 was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century in many ways). Ai Weiwei even more rigorous than Duchamp, because of his genuine use of art. In his series of photographs dating from 1995 “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” he drops an ancient vase fall to pieces. With this simple and irreversible act he makes it clear how we interact with our values and cultural traditions today. “Until I Duchamp discovered I had no idea that art could be “a way of life, it was my salvation and it made an immediate end to my struggle. I understood that art could be a sign, and that a gesture can have any form that the artist wants. That can be a painting but also something completely different. “
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