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10. I was expecting Caminero to claim that destroying the $1 million Chinese vase

Thu Feb 20, 2014, 08:43 AM

Feb 2014

was an act of art in of itself as deconstruction.

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Artist Smashes Ai Weiwei Vase to Protest Museum’s Snub of Local Artists [View all] Recursion Feb 2014 OP

I'm sure being a vandal and a dick will help the cause Scootaloo Feb 2014 #1

meh. JVS Feb 2014 #3

I can understand his point, it is perfectly valid. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #4

it is one thing for him to have a point DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #5

It seems that, in his opinion, his action was both a statement and an homage. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #6

I live somehwere DonCoquixote Feb 2014 #7

well, the asshole that did the damage has his own art online snooper2 Feb 2014 #13

What an asshole. badtoworse Feb 2014 #11

Ai Wei Wei himself broke vases marions ghost Feb 2014 #12

The vase is not worth a million dollars. Brickbat Feb 2014 #14

Museums often overestimate auction appraisals Recursion Feb 2014 #15

Right marions ghost Feb 2014 #17

video of the act Generic Other Feb 2014 #16