Souvenir From Shanghai
Artist: Ai Weiwei at The Royal Academy of Arts London 2015
In 2008 the municipal authorities in Shanghai invited Weiwei to build a studio in
Malu Town, Jiading district, at their cost. The federal authorities then overturned the agreement and ordered the building to be demolished.
Despite the authorities’ attempts to prevent Weiwei from accessing the site during the demolition he managed to obtain some of the original
building materials to make ‘Souvenir from
Shanghai’.
Souvenir From Shanghai
Artist: Ai Weiwei at The Royal Academy of Arts London 2015
In 2008 the municipal authorities in Shanghai invited Weiwei to build a studio in
Malu Town, Jiading district, at their cost. The federal authorities then overturned the agreement and ordered the building to be demolished.
Despite the authorities’ attempts to prevent Weiwei from accessing the site during the demolition he managed to obtain some of the original
building materials to make ‘Souvenir from
Shanghai’.