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Coca Cola

1998

Chinese, born 1965

Interlocking 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.

Mixed media on canvas

24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8cm)

Gift of Kim Richter in memory of Shirley Callison Miner

2008.33

Provenance: Purchase by donor from ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, 1999

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Conceal/Reveal, Dec. 20, 2014 - June 21, 2015.

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)

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