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"Odyssey Tile" (Azulejo Odisseia), 2021
'Rapture', a major exhibition by Ai Weiwei
A Cordoaria Nacional de Lisboa, Portugal, abriu uma grande apresentação da primeira exposição em Portugal de Ai Weiwei . 'Rapture', com curadoria de Marcello Dantas, é a maior mostra do artista até hoje, e apresenta cerca de 80 obras. Incluem algumas das obras mais icónicas do artista, bem como peças originais produzidas em Portugal que exploram as técnicas artesanais tradicionais do país.
The Cordoaria Nacional in Lisbon, Portugal, has opened a major presentation of the first exhibition in Portugal by Ai Weiwei. 'Rapture', curated by Marcello Dantas, is the artist's largest show to date, and presents around 80 works. These include some of the artist's most iconic works, as well as original pieces produced in Portugal that explore the country's traditional artisanal techniques.
Sunflower Seeds is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but actually unique. However realistic they may seem, these life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain.
Each seed has been individually sculpted and painted by specialists working in small-scale workshops in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen. Far from being industrially produced, they are the effort of hundreds of skilled hands. Poured into the interior of the Turbine Hall’s vast industrial space, the 100 million seeds form a seemingly infinite landscape.
Porcelain is almost synonymous with China and, to make this work, Ai Weiwei has manipulated traditional methods of crafting what has historically been one of China’s most prized exports. Sunflower Seeds invites us to look more closely at the ‘Made in China’ phenomenon and the geo-politics of cultural and economic exchange today.
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Forever Bicycle -- Ai WeiWei
At Toronto City Hall, Nuit Blanche 2013
Yong Jiu, literally translated as "forever", is the foremost bicycle brand in China; Ai re-interprets such everyday found objects in an abstract and symbolic way.
The sheer quantity of bikes and the diverse perceptions of viewing points create a colossal labyrinth-like, visually moving space, which represents the changing social environment in China and around the globe.
Freedom is a little like oxygen - as long as we have it, it is largely invisible to us, but when it is taken away we understand how vital it is to survive live, which is why I now feel compelled to continue the fight to ensure freedom of the press - Peter Greste
Forever Bicycles alludes to the Forever brand of bicycles that flooded China streets during the artist’s childhood yet remained financially out of reach, for many. With the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and The Forks as the backdrops, the dizzying structure of steel and light and shadow becomes an infinite puzzle
There are 1254 bicycles in the structure
Artist: Ai Weiwei
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Damit endet die kleine Serie aus der Ai Weiwei Ausstellung "Evidence" im Martin-Gropius-Bau von Berlin.
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Stacked by Ai Weiwei. installation of 700 steel bicycles in the brooklyn museum thru 08/10/14. brooklyn.nyc
Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade, Château La Coste
Vernissage de l'exposition " Mountains and Seas" Ai Weiwei (8 avril/17 juin 2017)
One of China's most influential artists, this was the first ever gallery collection in the UK, monumental artworks spanning two decades, drawing on his experiences as a political prisoner, giving him a voice on creative freedom, censorship and human rights.
The courtyard contains his installation "Tree" which is made of reassembled pieces of dead wood from the hills of southern China. It's intended as a simile for the Chinese nation, ethnically diverse people brought together to form 'One China'.
Bringing this artwork to London was made possible by a Kickstarter project supported by 1,319 backers.