'Tee Trinken' by Xue Lei, 2007
Although this project by Xue Lei gathered a great deal of attention (at least in the online world) over the past year, it is kinda funny to discover how little is actually known about the artist... or the work for that matter. It seems that the relatively low amount of background information surrounding 'Tee Trinken'
can serve as a reflection of both the barriers of language and the overall nature of blogging and reblogging. Since these porcelian cans were displayed in Frankfurt's 'Galerie Detterer', Xue Lei's work received the German title 'Tee Trinken' ('to have tea' in English). However, the work's German title has drawn many to simply assume the title refers drinking beer or soda (as the presence of the cans would initially imply). Furthermore, due to the nature of reblogging, many websites just didn't bother doing any research and instead continued to make the aforementioned assumption and simply post the picture and credit another website. Anyways... I'm beginning to realize that beyond its exquisite craftsmanship; the work's subject-matter is actually quite bland and offers little in terms of philosophical contemplation. Even after discovering that the cans reflect ancient motifs that traditionally adorned porcelain tea cups... its still more enticing to just go with the flow and simply post the pictures and pretend they are crushed porcelain beer cans. In fact, you should probably ignore this whole paragraph and just enjoy the title and the corresponding pictures.
can serve as a reflection of both the barriers of language and the overall nature of blogging and reblogging. Since these porcelian cans were displayed in Frankfurt's 'Galerie Detterer', Xue Lei's work received the German title 'Tee Trinken' ('to have tea' in English). However, the work's German title has drawn many to simply assume the title refers drinking beer or soda (as the presence of the cans would initially imply). Furthermore, due to the nature of reblogging, many websites just didn't bother doing any research and instead continued to make the aforementioned assumption and simply post the picture and credit another website. Anyways... I'm beginning to realize that beyond its exquisite craftsmanship; the work's subject-matter is actually quite bland and offers little in terms of philosophical contemplation. Even after discovering that the cans reflect ancient motifs that traditionally adorned porcelain tea cups... its still more enticing to just go with the flow and simply post the pictures and pretend they are crushed porcelain beer cans. In fact, you should probably ignore this whole paragraph and just enjoy the title and the corresponding pictures.
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