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Ai weiwei on the global refugee crisis, the chinese movie industry, and his new film why chinas bestknown artist and director of the acclaimed 2017 film human flow returned to the. At the controversial center of ai weiweis great wall of art in new york, the dissident artist is selfieobsessed and selfreflective. Working in sculpture, photography, film, installation, design, music, and architecture, ai engages political and cultural criticism to investigate instances of government corruption and coverups, confronting chinas stance on democracy and human rights. Ai often works with ancient materials beams from destroyed temples, han dynasty urns to create ingenious sculptures that break new artistic ground while commenting on the rapid transformation of contemporary china. An outspoken human rights activist, ai was arrested by chinese authorities in april 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. Ai weiwei is the worlds most famous living artist, but is this entirely because of his art. Ai weiwei is one of the most wellknown, influential, and prolific artists active in china today. Ai weiweis laundromat addresses the refugee crisis.
Ai weiwei, chinese artist and activist whose work included sculptural installations, architectural projects, photographs, and videos. Never sorry is a film about ai weiwei, a renowned chinese artist and activist who continually champions the values of democracy and human rights, and thus works in opposition to chinas authoritarian government. Sep 27, 2017 controversy rages on over the solomon r. Ai came of age as an art student in 1990s new york. A nonprofit organization, art21s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. He has translated the readymade into a new artistic language, fusing neolithic pottery, fourteenthcentury doors and seventeenthcentury temple beams into surprising, at times shocking sculptures. A global survey of 100 of todays most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. While ais art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from chinese authorities. Even to people unfamiliar with the art world, ai is a source of. His most recent topic of focus has been the global. The charges of tax evasion, online dissemination of pornography, and bigamy that were levied against ai are widely perceived as political. Ai weiwei is one of the worlds most famous artists, consistently topping power lists and grabbing headlines around the globe. Beijing photographs 19932003 is an autobiography in pictures.
Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thoughtprovoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art, and the goto place to learn firsthand from the artists of our time. Ai weiweis epic refugee boat installation is his largest. An artwork by chinese artist ai weiwei, titled the dog mobile. For ai, this struggle is a war of words, says editor larry warsh in his introduction to weiweiisms, and his own wordsspoken, written, or tweetedare like a bullet out of the gun, ai weiwei repeatedly points out, and centuries of history attest, human rights and freedom of expression are not set by anyones agenda.
Ai weiwei is one of the best known artists working today. Authors ai weiwei ai weiwei is one of todays most important and controversial artists. This slim, pocketsized volume compiles quotes made by ai in interviews, in newspaper articles, on his blog, and via twitter. Guggenheim museums exhibition art and china after 1989. He has come to be regarded as a contemporary artist of global stature, and his strong social conscience has galvanised a generation of artists. Ai weiwei hon ra is a truly twentyfirstcentury creative, influential across a variety of media. Ai weiwei is chinas most celebrated contemporary artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic. Selected from articles, interviews, and conversations, ai weiwei s words speak to the profound urgency of the global refugee crisis, the resilience and vulnerability of the human condition, and the role of art in providing a voice for the voiceless. Firsttime director, alison klayman, spent three years following weiwei as he prepared for major. Ai weiwei has 36 books on goodreads with 2962 ratings. Chinese artist ai weiwei poses for a photograph with his installation entitled sunflower seeds, at its unveiling in the turbine hall at the tate modern gallery, in.
But as chinese artist ai weiweis new book weiweiisms. Once part of an elaborate water garden that was left in ruins after the opium wars, the site on the. In april 2011, when ai disappeared into police custody for three. Aug 01, 2008 this is the first comprehensive monograph on ai weiwei b. A time and place where the more outrageously antiauthoritarian and oppositional the statement, the better. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. But shortly after returning to shanghai in 1932, the anticommunist nationalist government deemed ai qing a leftist and jailed him for. Ai weiwei, anish kapoor, wolfgang tillmans and phaidon. Chairman mao was the first in the world to use twitter, says ai. Vitamin c celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the worlds leading curators, critics, and art professionals.
Not all of the commentary about him is positive, and im sure thats as he would like it. A car for francis bacon by ai weiwei, with images of a dog painted on a mercedes benz gclass, is displayed at an exhibition hall. Ai weiwei floats lifevest lotus flowers in vienna phaidon. Feb 02, 2018 the refugee crisis is not about refugees, rather, it is about us. His recent exhibitions include sunflower seeds at the tate modern, london, a vast assemblage of handcrafted porcelain sunflower seeds. Art21 produces the peabody awardwinning pbsbroadcast series. Weiweiisms published by princeton university press in 2012 is a collection of ai weiweis thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. Ai weiwei defends the guggenheims china show against animal. Weiweiisms by ai, weiwei and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Art21 produces the peabody awardwinning pbsbroadcast. We work with the worlds most influential artists, chefs, writers and. Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print. He then returned to china, an environment far less open to such views.
Our prioritisation of financial gain over peoples struggle for the necessities of life is the primary cause of much of this crisis. Taschens new book, meticulously edited and lavishly produced. Contemporary chinese artist ai weiwei has always been an outspoken activist for human rights. Oct, 2017 at the controversial center of ai weiweis great wall of art in new york, the dissident artist is selfieobsessed and selfreflective. Ai weiwei is super active in the world of contemporary art, posting to his instagram, posing as a drowned syrian refugee, decorating berlins konzerthaus with 14,000 life jackets. Artist, designer, architect, author, publisher and curator.
Ai weiwei phaidon contemporary artist series karen smith, hans ulrich obrist, bernard fibicher, ai weiwei, craig garrett, michele robecchi on. The chinese artist ai weiwei has now stepped in to defend the show. Nov 19, 2015 ai weiwei is one of the worlds most famous artists, consistently topping power lists and grabbing headlines around the globe. The short quotes presented in this elegant little black book have been carefully selected from articles, tweets, and interviews given by this acclaimed chinese artist and activist. Weiwei isms by weiwei ai and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A figure of warholian celebrity as labeled by new york times, he is renowned for his political activism and social media activity almost as much as for his social interventions, approach to the readymade, and knowledge of chinese. A figure of warholian celebrity as labeled by new york times, he is renowned for his political activism and social media activity almost as much as for his social interventions, approach to the. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued government surveillance. Here is an indepth look at ai weiweis laundromat project on display in new york. We work with the worlds most influential artists, chefs, writers and thinkers to produce innovative books on art, photography, design, architecture, fashion, food and travel, and illustrated books for children. This is just a sign of another failure for the chinese government in a twoday digital conference, the artist shares his thoughts on the communist partys handling of the. At the controversial center of ai weiweis great wall of art. Celebrated within the art world, but not dependent on its institutions to reach an audience, ai weiwei is perhaps the first global artist to fully exploit the power of social media.
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