Ai weiwei is a beijingbased artist and activist whose work encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, film, architecture, curation, and social criticism. This book offers reproductions of the approximately 50 works in the exhibition, some of which were specially created for berlins martingropiusbau museum, and some even more specifically for the buildings enormous glasstopped atrium. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. After the success of his tate modern show in london, dissident chinese artist ai weiwei is coming to berlin. His art has been featured in major solo exhibitions including ai weiwei at blenheim palace, woodstock, uk, 2014. Credit shiho fukada for the new york times the name and works of ai weiwei have been removed from a show in shanghai about the history of chinese contemporary art because of pressure from local government cultural officials, according to mr. Still confined to his home country of china, ais presence at the former federal penitentiary is ironic, if not fitting for this monumental exhibition, which is a commentary on freedom of expression and human rights. Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Ausfuhrliche filmbeschreibung worum geht es bei ai weiwei. The exodus online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. For seven months between september 2014 and april 2015, the chinese artist ai. Much of ai weiweis work is a reflection of his own feelings of imprisonment, rage, and powerlessness.
Ai weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. Main suspect absolved in 2014 student disappearances. Never sorry is a film about ai weiwei, a renowned chinese artist and activist who continually champions the values of democracy and human rights, and thus works in opposition to chinas authoritarian government. Known for observing and commenting political and social changes of his home country but also the western world, his artistic practice revolves around sensitive themes such as human rights, freedom of speech, economic exploitation or environmental damages and often takes. The show runs from april 3 to july 7, 2014 and last week, ai weiwei posted online this video in which he politely asked chinese authorities to return his passport in order to get to berlin for the. Chinese conceptual artist ai weiwei explores the multitude and complexity of the challenges within our contemporary society. Beijing in the space of a month in 2014, at separate art exhibitions in beijing and shanghai that included my. The installation souvenir from shanghai by chinese artist ai weiwei is on display as part of the exhibition evidence at the martingropius bau museum in berlin april 1, 2014.
Evidence retrospective at martingropiusbau, berlin. Ai wei wei as wonderful dissident, terrible artist the. The garage center for contemporary culture moscow, russia, personal choice group exhibition february 14 april 6, 2014. Ai weiwei is chinas best known living artist and the most highprofile critic of the countrys government. Ais passport has not been returned to him and his freedom of travel remains restricted. Berlin the evidence from which the ai weiwei exhibition at the martingropiusbau. For his third solo exhibition with lisson gallery, ai weiwei has created a monumental new installation of bicycles as part of an ongoing. In august 2014, ai weiwei was invited as one of the participating artists for the. Ai weiwei quoted in my work is always a readymade, ai weiwei. As our landmark exhibition examines work from 1993 up to the present day, we take a look at some of the key works to know from across ais career. We saw ai weiwei s marvellous exhibition, evidence, at the gropiusbau, berlin in 2014. The crow collection of asian art dallas, tx september 14, 20 march 2, 2014. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his studio and home, police agents follow his every move, and heavy restrictions from the kafkaesque chinese authorities weigh him down.
Stuck in china, ai weiwei continues art activism exhibit of ais work opens in berlin as a kickstarter project launches for a film starring the artist. Accompanying a major new exhibition of ai weiweis work, including many pieces made especially for the. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 2014 movies 2014. After studying painting in france 192932, where he discovered realist literature and was particularly influenced by the belgian poet. Evidence, the martingropiusbau in berlin has prepared one of the biggest exhibitions of ai weiwei to date. Solo exhibitions include the brooklyn museum of art 2014.
Alison klayman is the director of the upcoming documentary, ai weiwei. Evidence is ai weiwei largest oneman exhibition yet more than 3,000 squaremeters stretched over. Ai weiweis new exhibition features a room filled with. It was the most amazing exhibition i had ever seen. It is now a source for news about the artist and his work. Ai weiwei has been called an iconoclast, a radical, a voice for the voiceless, and was once named the most powerful artist in the world. Ai weiwei, wadegiles romanization ai weiwei, born may 18. Ai weiwei article about ai weiwei by the free dictionary. The article provides a holistic appraisal of activistartist ai weiweis work. File in this april, 2019 file photo, people stand under the portraits of 43 disappeared teachers college students, by chinese concept artist and government critic ai weiwei at the. The installation souvenir from shanghai by chinese. The new event of my twelve zodiac heads becomes a new factor. Ai weiwei evidence, which sprawls across 18 rooms at the martingropiusbau museum, is a deeply political exhibition of the artists conceptual art. The case for ai weiwei the art assignment pbs digital.
His company, fake design, treats projects as evidence of mankind at. Ai weiwei, surveillance camera, 2010, marble, installation view ai weiweis ability to strike a balance between art objects for aesthetic and intellectual contemplation on the one hand, and a sustained and forceful critique of the chinese political establishment on the other, has made him a potent cultural and political force in recent years. It has taken a while to make the video, but i hope. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Exhibition ai weiweis evidence article by aj kiyoizumi in berlin. In 18 rooms and in the spectacular court lichthof the retrospective features works and installations that were either designed specifically for the building or have not yet been shown in. Berlin, martingropiusbau, ai weiwei evidence, 3 april 7 july 2014, pp. Ai weiwei his only exposure to art and literature until adulthood. Evidence hardcover june 3, 2014 by gereon sievernich editor 5. He has spoken out about human rights abuses, called for political. In 2011, he was arrested for alleged tax crimes and held for 81 days without charge. Even to people unfamiliar with the art world, ai is a source of.
He is the son of poet ai ching ai ching or ai qing, pseud. I left china telling my mother that i would return only when i was more famous than picasso. While ais art was lauded internationally, the frequently provocative and subversive dimension of his art, as well as his political outspokenness. The themes of ai weiweis art have not been popular with the chinese authorities. An exhibition of new work by ai weiwei on alcatraz island exploring human rights and freedom of expression, on view september 27, 2014april 26, 2015. The ai weiwei who admires the conundrums of jasper johns, that most beloved of contemporary aesthetes, is very much in evidence at the hirshhorn in a work such as surveillance camera, a white. Filmed by andreas heck, original music by tan dun, mixed and resampled by andreas heck. Ai weiweis new exhibition features a room filled with 6,000 stools by jenny zhang on april 3, 2014 renowned chinese artist and political dissident ai weiwei has just launched his largest solo exhibition to date, called evidence, in berlins martingropiusbau. Based in china since 2006, she is the beijing correspondent for global radio news and her stories have also. Release dates 1 also known as aka 0 release dates france 2 april 2014 tv premiere also known as aka it looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet.
Ai weiwei is one of the worlds most famous artists, consistently topping power lists and grabbing headlines around the globe. Ai weiwei evidence berlin, germany april 3 july 7, 2014. In 18 rooms and in the spectacular court lichthof the retrospective features works and installations that were either designed specifically for the building or have not yet been shown in germany. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai weiwei born 1957 is an artist, architect and politician. Ai weiwei embraces the political the new york times.
Ai weiwei erased from show in shanghai the new york times. Documenting the story of ai weiwei whos afraid of ai. Description of the artwork dropping a han dynasty urn is a series of three lifesized blackand white photographs. In each photograph, ai weiwei himself, wearing a sweatshirt, darkcolored pants, and loafers, stands in front of a brick.
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