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Ai Weiwei
Gilded Cage, 2017
Mild steel, paint
Courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio/ Frahm & Frahm
Photo: Timothy Schenck, Courtesy Public Art Fund, NY
On view as part of the citywide exhibition Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, presented by Public Art Fund October 12, 2017-February 11, 2018
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
"trace"
"portraits of 176 people from around the world who have been imprisoned or exiled because of their beliefs...built by hand from LEGO bricks"
Curious iron ring (I'd love to know why they were all over Florence), with dinghies in the background.
21erHaus: Ai Weiwei - translocation – transformation (14.7. - 20.11.2016, Pressekonferenz) aiww.21erhaus.at | Foto: eSeL.at
LEGO portraits of 176 people from around the world who have been imprisoned or exiled because of their beliefs or affiliations, most of whom were still incarcerated at the time the artwork was made. Ai Weiwei has called them “heroes of our time.” www.for-site.org/project/ai-weiwei-alcatraz/
ai weiwei und zhao zhao, sein filmer und fotograf, der nahezu alle schritte des künstlers dokumentiert. ai weiwei stellt alle bilder in seinen blog und auf twitter, um seine aktionen öffentlich machen zu können. ai weiwei gilt als einer der schärfsten kritiker der politischen führung chinas. im oktober 09 hat er im haus der kunst seine ausstellung "so sorry" eröffnet.