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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.
But he cuts his hair recently...The impression by the stamp is here www.flickr.com/photos/carloeliu/5590126780/in/set-7215762...
"Porcelain Pillar with Refugee motf" (Pilar de porcelana com motivo de refugiados), 2017
'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.
Incredible Ai Wei Wei piece... he straightened (or rather his workers) straightened 150 tonnes of rebar from poorly built schools that crumbled in the Sichuan earthquake
To complement the display of 'Trace' at the Hirshhorn, Ai Weiwei has created a new 360-degree wallpaper installation entitled (1) 'The Animal That Looks Like a Llama but Is Really an Alpaca'; and (2) 'The Plain Version of the Animal That Looks Like a Llama but Is Really an Alpaca'.
At first glance, the repeating graphic pattern looks merely decorative, but a closer inspection reveals surveillance cameras, handcuffs, and Twitter bird logos, which allude to Ai Weiwei’s tweets challenging authority. Together, both massive works span nearly 700 linear feet around the Hirshhorn’s second floor Outer Ring galleries.
Source: Hirshhorn Museum website
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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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Biennalist is an Art Format by Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel debating with artistic tools on Biennales and other cultural managed events . Often those events promote them selves with thematics and press releases faking their aim . Biennalist take the thematics of the Biennales very seriously , and test their pertinance . Artists have questioned for decade the canvas , the pigment , the museum ... since 1989 we question the Biennales .Often Biennalist converge with Emergency Room providing a burning content that cannot wait ( today before it is too late )
Countries( nations ) that will participate at the Venice Biennale 55 th ( 2013 Biennale di Venezia ) in Italy ( at Giardini or Arsenale or ? ) , Encyclopedic Palace is curated by Massimiliano Gioni
Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech , Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Canada, Chile, China, Congo,
Slovak Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore
Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay
Eight countries will also participate for the first time in next year's biennale: the Bahamas, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Republic of Kosovo, Kuwait, the Maldives, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Paraguay. In 2011, 89 international pavilions, the most ever, were accessible in the Giardini and across the city.
"Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads" (Círculo de Animais / Cabeças do Zodíaco), 2020
'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.