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Ai Weiwei : according to what?.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Munich ; New York : DelMonico Books : Prestel, ©2012.Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9783791352404
  • 3791352407
Other title:
  • According to what? [Portion of title]
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Contents:
According to what? : a questioning attitude / Mami Kataoka -- The house of the people : forms of collaboration / Charles Merewether -- Reconsidering reality : an interview with Ai Weiwei / Kerry Brougher.
Summary: A leading figure among the Chinese artists of his generation, Ai Weiwei creates art that transcends East/West cultural dualities and focuses on fundamental artistic, cultural, and social questions. Published in conjunction with the first North American survey of this celebrated and provocative artist's career, this volume offers a valuable introduction to the full spectrum of Ai Weiwei's work--from photographs and sculpture to documentation of several of his most well-known projects, including his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron on the "bird's nest" stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. More recent works, several made specifically for this tour, address his ongoing investigation of the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, as well as his responses to his detention and continual surveillance by Chinese authorities.
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Catalogue from the exhibition organized by the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, in association with the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, and held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Oct. 7, 2012-Feb. 24, 2013; at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, April 5-July 28, 2013; at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Aug. 31-Oct. 27-2013; at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Nov. 28, 2013-March 16, 2014; and at the Brooklyn Museum, April 18-Aug. 10, 2014.

Artist's name also in Chinese characters on title page.

Includes bibliographical references.

According to what? : a questioning attitude / Mami Kataoka -- The house of the people : forms of collaboration / Charles Merewether -- Reconsidering reality : an interview with Ai Weiwei / Kerry Brougher.

A leading figure among the Chinese artists of his generation, Ai Weiwei creates art that transcends East/West cultural dualities and focuses on fundamental artistic, cultural, and social questions. Published in conjunction with the first North American survey of this celebrated and provocative artist's career, this volume offers a valuable introduction to the full spectrum of Ai Weiwei's work--from photographs and sculpture to documentation of several of his most well-known projects, including his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron on the "bird's nest" stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. More recent works, several made specifically for this tour, address his ongoing investigation of the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, as well as his responses to his detention and continual surveillance by Chinese authorities.

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