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Ai weiwei s provocative art has gotten him harassed by police, thrown in detention and driven out of china. 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. The single dumbass, premiered last month along with its music video, is included in the album. Ai is today an artist of global stature, and his strong social conscience has galvanized a. New york 19831993, a privately published book that collected photographs taken by ai during his years on the new york art scene. One of the most fascinating items in the exhibition is a small book called weiwei. Ai weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in chinese cultural development, an architect of chinese modernism, and one of the nations most vocal political commentator 2. Often working with ancient materials beams from destroyed temples, han dynasty urns ai weiwei b. Ai will be interviewed onstage at the new york times art leaders network conference. Ai weiwei and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices.
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. Political art ai weiwei serves the people prospero the. But as chinese artist ai weiweis new book weiweiisms. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai weiwei has 58 books on goodreads with 2921 ratings. Ai weiwei multilingual edition multilingual hardcover june 4, 2019. While ais art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from chinese authorities. Chairman mao was the first in the world to use twitter, says. It includes a shattering series of photographs taken between 1993 and 1996 devoted to the final illness and death of ais father ai qing. In 2011, ai weiwei was arrested at beijing capital international airport on 3 april, for economic crimes. Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print. A cultural figure of international renown, ai weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and chinas most famous artist. Achievements ai weiwei received the chinese contemporary art award in 2008 for lifetime achievement.
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Hans werner holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in. Ai weiwei is one of the best known artists working today. Village and copublished a series of three books about this new generation of artists with chinese curator. Black cover book 1994, white cover book 1995 y gray cover book 1999. By 2012 however, he had fallen from favour and, after being placed under house arrest, inaugarated his own weiweicam, a selfimposed. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued.
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