Ai Weiwei
Autor: Holzwarth Hans Werner•Anglicky•2016•Taschen
Vůbec první ucelená monografie umělce, který přesahuje hranice uměleckého světa.
ISBN: 9783836526494 • Jazyk: Anglicky • Rok: 2016 • EAN: 9783836526494 • Hmotnost: 2.99 kg • Vazba: vázaná • Počet stran: 600 • Rozměr: 263 × 341 mm • Nakladatel: Taschen
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Detail knihy - Ai Weiwei, Holzwarth Hans Werner
Today Ai Weiwei enjoys a reputation far beyond the art world. While his vast social or performance-based interventions and appropriated object-based artworks have secured his place as one of the world’s leading conceptual artists, Ai is equally known as a social media phenomenon, a political activist, and an outspoken champion of free expression in his native China, where he earnt an 81-day police detention in 2011.Features:
Many previously unseen images, from photos taken during Ai’s time in New York to production shots of large installations in the workshop and pictures from his studio.
Essays from Uli Sigg, Ai’s long-time friend and former Swiss ambassador to China; Roger M. Buergel, who curated the 2007 Documenta and hosted the artist’s Fairytale piece; and experts on Chinese culture and politics, Carlos Rojas, William A. Callahan, and James J. Lally.
Numerous statements derived from exclusive interviews with Ai Weiwei, conducted especially for this publication.
Full-page chapter openers designed by the artist in traditional paper-cut style.
The volume is wrapped in a silk scarf (110 cm x 100 cm, Habotai silk), based on a detail from Ai’s work Straight, a reference to the Sichuan earthquake of 2008.