Ai Weiwei: Works 2004-2007 by Ai Weiwei
Since 1993, Beijing-based Ai Weiwei has created a cohesive body of work in the various guises of artist, architect, curator, writer and critic. This overview, an in-depth reflection on the artist's most vibrant and celebrated projects, features works from 2004-2007--including installation projects, objects and videos. Focusing on thematic topics, materials and media, it includes screenshots from Ai's influential blog, as well as a discussion of his infamous social sculpture "Fairytale," which debuted at 2007's Documenta 12, inviting 1,001 Chinese citizens to participate in hopes of finding, "a way to bring China's current social condition to Kassel and thus allow Westerners to view a sample of modern Chinese society." Ai's most recent wood and porcelain series is also featured here, positing a new understanding of traditional Chinese forms, aesthetics and production. This publication includes texts by Charles Merewether, Peter Pakesch and Philip Tinari. The son of the famous Chinese poet Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei was born in 1957 in Beijing. He collaborated with the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron on the design for the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Eszter Kondor is the author of Aufbrechen, a German-language chronicle of the early history of the Austrian Film Museum, where she currently coordinates the publishing activities. Michael Loebenstein is the director of the Austrian Film Museum, where the original materials of Lassnig's films in progress were digitized and the restoration carried out in close collaboration with the Maria Lassnig Foundation. Peter Pakesch is an Austrian exhibition curator, museum director, and founding director of the Maria Lassnig Foundation. Hans Werner Poschauko is an Austrian artist and curator, a student in the class of Maria Lassnig and her assistant until her death in 2014, and a board member at the Maria Lassnig Foundation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783905829273 |
| ISBN 10 | 3905829274 |
| Title | Ai Weiwei: Works 2004-2007 |
| Author | Ai Weiwei |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | JRP Ringier |
| Year published | 2008-09-18 |
| Number of pages | 212 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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