Coca Cola
Date1998
Maker
Xue Song
Chinese, born 1965
Label TextInterlocking unmistakably “classical” motifs—a Chinese ink landscape painting set inside a silhouetted Coca-Cola bottle, against a red background with unreadable calligraphy—Xue Song questions the intelligibility of culture, past and present.
Object number2008.33
ProvenancePurchase by donor from ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, 1999
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Conceal/Reveal, Dec. 20, 2014 - June 21, 2015.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art and Commerce, July 27 2024–January 12, 2025.Published ReferencesUpchurch, Michael. "'Conceal/Reveal' at Seattle Asian Art Museum," in The Seattle Times, January 2, 2015, online (http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2025353004_saamconcealrevealxml.html)Credit LineGift of Kim Shirley in memory of Shirley Callison Miner
Dimensions24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
MediumMixed media on canvas
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