Author

Contributions

  • Marlow, Tim, 1963-. curator - Contributor
  • Locke, Adrian. curator - Contributor
  • Marlow, Tim, 1963- interviewer - Contributor
  • Locke, Adrian, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Tancock, John L., writer of added commentary - Contributor
and 1 more
  • Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) - Contributor

Publication

2015 - Royal Academy of Arts, England

Language

English

Word Count

59,250 words, Guess

Page Count

237 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archiveaiweiwei0000aiwe
  • ISBN-139781910350164
  • ISBN-139781910350232
  • ISBN-101910350168
  • ISBN-101910350230
and 7 more
  • ISBN-101910350427
  • ISBN-139781910350423
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014482629
  • OCLC Control Number924034320
  • OCLC Control Number907631652
  • Better World Books9781910350164
  • Open LibraryOL27199084M

Classifications

  • DDC709.2
  • LCCN7349.A5 A4x 2015
  • LCCN7349.A5A4 2015
and 1 more
  • LCCND497.M25 W53 2015

Description

Artist, designer, architect, author, publisher, and curator: Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is a truly 21st-century creative, influential across a variety of media. During his childhood, criticism of his father's poetry--he was labeled as a dissident--meant that Ai and his family were exiled to a remote region of China for 16 years. Following the death of Chairman Mao, Ai left to train as an artist in Beijing and New York. Ai is today an artist of global stature, and his strong social conscience has galvanized a generation of Chinese artists. With works that touch on topics such as imprisonment, borders, and disaster, Ai has often found himself in conflict with the Chinese authorities. Ai Weiwei is published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London--the largest showing of Ai's work to date. This volume includes installations and artworks specially created for the exhibition, an interview with Ai by Tim Marlow, and contributions from a team of scholars, analyzing the variety of Ai's output and concerns.

Subjects

Topics

709.221.62KartonArtistsArchitectsInterviewsAi, weiwei

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