The article provides a holistic appraisal of activistartist ai weiweis work. Ai weiwei depicts the brutality of authoritarianism in an unusual. Exhibition ai weiweis evidence article by aj kiyoizumi in berlin. Ai weiweis new show at the hirshhorn is selfsatisfied. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Firsttime director, alison klayman, spent three years following weiwei as he prepared for major. These seeds were used for his exhibition at tate modern london where he covered the whole floor with millions of. You can watch this full movie free with english subtitles on movie television channels, renting the dvd or with vod services video on demand player, hulu and ppv pay per view, netflix.
This book was made for the major exhibition of ai weiwei s work and it includes many pieces he made especially for the show. Ai weiwei phaidon contemporary artist series karen smith, hans ulrich obrist, bernard fibicher, ai weiwei, craig garrett, michele robecchi on. Published on apr 2, 2014 interview in german with curator gereon sievernich and impressions of the exhibition ai weiwei. 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. Solo exhibitions include the brooklyn museum of art 2014. Evidence, the martingropiusbau in berlin has prepared one of the biggest exhibitions of ai weiwei to date.
As a political activist, he has been highly and openly critical of the chinese governments stance on democracy and human rights. We saw ai weiwei s marvellous exhibition, evidence, at the gropiusbau, berlin in 2014. Ai weiweis success as an artist on the international stage allows him the luxury of working big. He is the son of poet ai ching ai ching or ai qing, pseud. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Evidence retrospective at martingropiusbau, berlin. Ais passport has not been returned to him and his freedom of travel remains restricted. On 24 june 2011, ai told a radio free asia reporter that he was thankful for the support of the. It was the most amazing exhibition i had ever seen. Open in his criticism of the chinese government, ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest.
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 embraces the political the new york times. The crow collection of asian art dallas, tx september 14, 20 march 2, 2014. Trace was first created as part of a 2014 retrospective at the famous. 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. Ai weiwei was aged one when he was sent with his parents into forced exile. 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. Ai weiwei is a beijingbased artist and activist whose work encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, film, architecture, curation, and social criticism. In august 2014, ai weiwei was invited as one of the participating artists for the. In each photograph, ai weiwei himself, wearing a sweatshirt, darkcolored pants, and loafers, stands in front of a brick. Blenheim palace oxfordshire, united kingdom september 28, 2014 january 15, 2015.
They dont address topics like the right to free speech or the quality of life for the vast majority of chinese. According to ai weiwei, his father was a very good artist who had studied painting in paris. Ai s passport has not been returned to him and his freedom of travel remains restricted. 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. In 2015, the chinese artist ai weiwei clashed with the danish toymaking firm lego after the company refused to fulfill a bulk order of plastic bricks for an installation piece he was planning. Numerous illustrations, texts by the artist as well as informed essays by leading scholars. Featuring over forty works spanning more than twenty years, ai weiwei. It is now a source for news about the artist and his work. Evidence is normally used to convince and prove to others a certain case in point, but if the remarkably popular campaigns to free ai during his 81 days of captivity and international media reports are anything to go by, there seem to be very few people who need further convincing certainly not the. Author ma jian on ai weiwei and freedom of expression in. Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Ai weiwei born 1957 is an artist, architect and politician.
His company, fake design, treats projects as evidence of mankind at. He can ally himself with major institutions, which can. Filmed by andreas heck, original music by tan dun, mixed and resampled by andreas heck. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. 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. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai weiwei worked with amnesty international and other groups to collect.
Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the chinese governments stance on democracy and human rights. 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. It has taken a while to make the video, but i hope. The buyer gets 10 porcelain sunflower seeds designed by weiwei. Featuring beautiful photographs and thoughtprovoking text, at large is the essential document of this remarkable happening from one of todays most.
The case for ai weiwei the art assignment pbs digital. The sculpture handcuffs made of jade by chinese artist ai weiwei is on display as part of the exhibition evidence at the martingropius bau museum in berlin april 1, 2014. 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. Ai weiwei article about ai weiwei by the free dictionary. The installation souvenir from shanghai by chinese. He has investigated government corruption and coverups, in particular the sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of socalled tofudreg schools in. Newly unsealed vatican archives lay out evidence of pope pius.
Ai weiweis new exhibition features a room filled with. Evidence, the martingropiusbau in berlin has prepared one of the. From royal academy of arts, ai weiwei, free speech puzzle 2014, hand painted porcelain in the qing dynasty imperial style, 51. Ai weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. Ai weiwei evidence berlin, germany april 3 july 7, 2014. Hand painted porcelain in the qing dynasty imperial style, 32 pieces 51 x 41 x 0. A documentary reflects on artist ai weiweis battle against the lawsuit thrust upon him by the. Ai weiwei is one of chinas most prolific and provocative contemporary artists. Ai weiwei evidence, which sprawls across 18 rooms at the martingropiusbau museum, is a deeply political exhibition of the artists conceptual art. 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. A cultural figure of international renown, ai weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and chinas most famous artist.
Ai grew up in the far northwest of china, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. After studying painting in france 192932, where he discovered realist literature and was particularly influenced by the belgian poet. Description of the artwork dropping a han dynasty urn is a series of three lifesized blackand white photographs. Hans werner holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. Ai weiwei 23 may 19 july 2014 27 bell street, london for his third solo exhibition with lisson gallery, ai weiwei has created a monumental new installation of bicycles as part of an ongoing series, forever, as well as a number of handcarved, domesticscale copies in various materials including. Without commercial breaks, the full movie patterns of evidence. It focuses on two projects, straight 20082012 and s. Berlin the evidence from which the ai weiwei exhibition at the martingropiusbau derives its name could be the. Ai grew up in the far northwest of china, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers. 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. This new ai weiwei born 1957 monograph is published on the occasion of his exhibition at the 55th venice biennale, presented by zuecca project space and the lisson gallery, and offers a summary of the artists work between 2008 and 20. 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. But shortly after returning to shanghai in 1932, the anticommunist nationalist government deemed ai qing a leftist and jailed him for. Evidence 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.