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Firsttime director, alison klayman, spent three years following weiwei as he prepared for major. The publisher declined to reveal how much the deal is worth. Often working with ancient materials beams from destroyed temples, han dynasty urns ai weiwei b. But as chinese artist ai weiweis new book weiweiisms proves, small can be powerful. A master at communicating powerful ideas in astonishingly few words, ai weiwei is known for his innovative use of social media to disseminate his views. Ai weiwei studio production disturbing the peace is a documentary discussing incidents during tan zuorens trial on august 12, 2009. Born in 1957, beijing, ai weiweis work has been marked by a pursuit of honesty. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ai weiwei books online. He was sent to a labor camp, and he continued to live in exile with his wife and son, ai weiwei who was one year. Weiwei isms by weiwei ai and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Ai weiwei ai weiwei is chinas most famous international artist, and its most outspoken national critic. Ai weiwei is widely known as an artist and political activist, but his role as a pioneering publisher is often overlooked. He has translated the readymade into a new artistic language, fusing neolithic pottery, fourteenthcentury doors and seventeenthcentury temple beams into surprising, at times shocking sculptures.
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Influenced by the likes of jasper johns and andy warhol as well as duchamp, he also draws influence from his cultural roots. This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of ai weiweis thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. His taschen publications include collectors editions like jeff koons, christopher wool, albert oehlen, ai weiwei, and the david hockney sumo a bigger book, as well as monographs like the xxlsized jeanmichel basquiat and survey books such as modern art and art now. About phaidon phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts with over 1,500 titles in print. Ai weiwei phaidon contemporary artist series 9780714848891 by karen smith. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. This book showcases a major exhibition of sitespecific, multimedia installations and sculptures ai weiwei has created for the island, on view from the fall of 2014 through the spring of 2015. Ai weiwei phaidon contemporary artist series karen smith, hans ulrich obrist, bernard fibicher, ai weiwei, craig garrett, michele robecchi on. Chengdu police detained witnesses during the trial of the civil rights advocate, an obstruction of justice and an act of violence.
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