Karen Smith’s survey examines the evolution of Ai Weiwei’s work from the early paintings, drawings, and sculptures pieces through his most recent installations and architectural work, including the cotton-made sculpture World Map (Biennale of Sydney, 2006), the wooden doors and windows structure...
While drawing on specific contemporary concerns, ‘Making Sense’ speaks to universal human themes, says Justin McGuirk, the museum’s chief curator. ‘It takes a step back from the detail of design, and really looks at design as a way of being that hasn’t changed. Weiwei shows us that...
Source: Kunsthaus Bregenz / theartwolf.com More than one year ago, Ai Weiwei was invited to mount a solo exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. As the Museum says in a press release, at that time “no one could have foreseen the present situation“. On April 3rd, Ai Weiwei was arrested ...
AWWThat’s the nature of art. It has to be able to be interpreted by itself and often it has multiple meanings. But that’s why I need to write. For me, writing is part of the art practice because it sets a clear meaning. However, it doesn’t have the same emotion as the artwor...
Ai Weiwei, August 28, 1957 Beijing, China Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential and relevant cultural figures of our time, internationally celebrated and respected as a Contemporary artist and tireless human rights activist. His multidisciplinary prac
Ai Weiwei is currently displaying large-scale works at the Marciano Art Foundation as part of his solo exhibition entitled “Life Cycle.” Now MAF gives us an exclusive look at an accompanying T-shirt capsule for the momentous presentation. HisSeedsandStudy of Perspectiveartworks are featured grap...
first time, artworks by Ai Weiwei exhibited alongside historic Chinese items bought by him at auction in Cambridge in 2020. A Chinese Lacquered Greystone fragmentary hand clutching a vase. Courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio. The historic pieces are thought to date from different periods in Chinese history ...
In “According to What?,” Ai Weiwei’s retrospective show, now, at the Hirshhorn Museum in DC, the confluence of art and politics that so characterizes Ai’s oeuvre is on undeniable display—so much so that knowledge of Ai’s various roles as dissident and artist is tantamount to the ...
He set out to travel around the world documenting the crises for his film Human Flow, and has created a series of art pieces inspired by the plight of refugees. A series of large-scale installations from that series will appear when the first of his three L.A. shows opens at the ...
Home»Arts & Culture»Art»Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy, London The notorious Chinese dissident artist has clearly been very busy since his recent, and not insubstantial, exhibition atBlenheim Palace(reviewed here). His latest outing is at theRoyal Academywhere a survey of works from 1993...