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One of the main sections of the exhibition are numerous portraits of past and current political prisoners, done in LEGOs. Snowden and Manning are here, as well as many people held at Guantanamo and by many other countries around the world. Weiwei, showing some humility, did not include an image of himself, even though his passport was seized by the Chinese a few years ago, so he is not allowed to travel outside of his country.
"If my art has nothing to do with
people's pain and sorry, what is 'art' for?"
-Ai Weiwei
Fern Street, between Polk and Larkin Streets
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
Detail from Dragon, self-portrait of the artist.
This new series of Zodiac works is composed from thousands of plastic LEGO bricks. The set of twelve works incorporates imagery from two well-known series by the artist. The twelve LEGO Zodiac animal heads deriving from his sculpture series Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads (2010) are overlaid onto twelve landscapes and monuments from Ai’s Study of Perspective (1995–2003) series of photographs. Ai has been employing LEGO bricks as an artistic medium since 2007. He appreciates how LEGO is accessible to everyone, especially young people. His use of LEGO components is a response to the pixelated structure of digital images.
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His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
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International 1001 Chairs fb page
www.facebook.com/pages/1001-Chairs-for-Ai-WeiWei/17541235...
San Francisco FB event page
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baycitizen.org/visual-art/story/detained-chinese-artist-r...
www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Ai_Weiwei/AiWeiwei_01.html
His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
www.for-site.org/presidioHabitats/artist.php?code=1
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/04/ai-weiwe...
blog.ted.com/2011/04/04/ai-weiwei-detained-here-is-his-te...
newamericamedia.org/2011/04/release-ai-weiwei-an-overseas...
Protests in other cities
www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/17/protesters-ca...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/17/worldupdate...
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/17/ai-weiwei-pro...
www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeldvideo.php?id=2135&-AiWei...
media.theage.com.au/hong-kong-protests-to-free-ai-weiwei-...
Some of the photos in "Study of perspective", 1995-2011. Exhibition at The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway.
/http://www.nasjonalmuseet.no/en/ (website also in English)
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His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
www.for-site.org/presidioHabitats/artist.php?code=1
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/04/ai-weiwe...
blog.ted.com/2011/04/04/ai-weiwei-detained-here-is-his-te...
newamericamedia.org/2011/04/release-ai-weiwei-an-overseas...
Protests in other cities
www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/17/protesters-ca...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/17/worldupdate...
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/17/ai-weiwei-pro...
www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeldvideo.php?id=2135&-AiWei...
media.theage.com.au/hong-kong-protests-to-free-ai-weiwei-...
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
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baycitizen.org/visual-art/story/detained-chinese-artist-r...
www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Ai_Weiwei/AiWeiwei_01.html
His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
www.for-site.org/presidioHabitats/artist.php?code=1
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/04/ai-weiwe...
blog.ted.com/2011/04/04/ai-weiwei-detained-here-is-his-te...
newamericamedia.org/2011/04/release-ai-weiwei-an-overseas...
Protests in other cities
www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/17/protesters-ca...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/17/worldupdate...
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/17/ai-weiwei-pro...
www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeldvideo.php?id=2135&-AiWei...
media.theage.com.au/hong-kong-protests-to-free-ai-weiwei-...
The sculpture Grapes (2017), which references Ai's history of altering furniture, reassembles the stools into a completely different shape but uses the original structural logic so that it remains true to its original form. It provides a graceful and whimsical counterpoint to the accumulation of the 5,929 stools.
About the exhibition
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.
Source: Tate Modern website
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baycitizen.org/visual-art/story/detained-chinese-artist-r...
www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Ai_Weiwei/AiWeiwei_01.html
His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
www.for-site.org/presidioHabitats/artist.php?code=1
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/04/ai-weiwe...
blog.ted.com/2011/04/04/ai-weiwei-detained-here-is-his-te...
newamericamedia.org/2011/04/release-ai-weiwei-an-overseas...
Protests in other cities
www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/17/protesters-ca...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/17/worldupdate...
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/17/ai-weiwei-pro...
www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeldvideo.php?id=2135&-AiWei...
media.theage.com.au/hong-kong-protests-to-free-ai-weiwei-...
International 1001 Chairs fb page
www.facebook.com/pages/1001-Chairs-for-Ai-WeiWei/17541235...
San Francisco FB event page
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161408713920430
baycitizen.org/visual-art/story/detained-chinese-artist-r...
www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Ai_Weiwei/AiWeiwei_01.html
His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
www.for-site.org/presidioHabitats/artist.php?code=1
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/04/ai-weiwe...
blog.ted.com/2011/04/04/ai-weiwei-detained-here-is-his-te...
newamericamedia.org/2011/04/release-ai-weiwei-an-overseas...
Protests in other cities
www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/17/protesters-ca...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/17/worldupdate...
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/17/ai-weiwei-pro...
www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeldvideo.php?id=2135&-AiWei...
media.theage.com.au/hong-kong-protests-to-free-ai-weiwei-...
International 1001 Chairs fb page
www.facebook.com/pages/1001-Chairs-for-Ai-WeiWei/17541235...
San Francisco FB event page
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161408713920430
baycitizen.org/visual-art/story/detained-chinese-artist-r...
www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Ai_Weiwei/AiWeiwei_01.html
His work is part of Presidio Habitats through May 15th
www.for-site.org/presidioHabitats/artist.php?code=1
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2011/04/ai-weiwe...
blog.ted.com/2011/04/04/ai-weiwei-detained-here-is-his-te...
newamericamedia.org/2011/04/release-ai-weiwei-an-overseas...
Protests in other cities
www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/apr/17/protesters-ca...
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/4/17/worldupdate...
www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/17/ai-weiwei-pro...
www.art-in-berlin.de/incbmeldvideo.php?id=2135&-AiWei...
media.theage.com.au/hong-kong-protests-to-free-ai-weiwei-...