Designed by swiss studio hhf architects and chinese contemporary artist ai weiwei, the tsai residence was designed as a weekend home for an art collector couple who wanted a gallery space for their large paintings. Writingplace journal for architecture and literature 3. The chief organizer and curator is chinese designer and architect ai weiwei. He is famed for his tongue in cheek criticisms, his satires of traditional culture and his unending social responsibility.
Physically weiweiisms is a black, small hardbound book, fitting nicely into a jacket pocket and meant to be carried around, perused at chance moments and ruminated on. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the chinese governments stance on democracy and human rights. The taschen ai weiwei monograph with studio pictures, production shots, and artist statements. Since constructing his own studio in 1999, the chinese artist ai weiwei has designed or collaborated with other architects on a wide range of architectural projects. Tsai residence by hhf architects and ai weiwei dezeen. Ai weiwei talks new book with new york times hypebeast. Ai weiwei has worked in everything from paint to readymades. The second work, iron tree trunk, 2015, located at the contemporary austins betty and edward marcus sculpture park at laguna gloria, continues ais interest in natural objects with.
Manifestos and immodest proposals from chinas most famous artist and activist, culled from his popular blog, shut down by chinese authorities in 2009. The artist ai weiwei was unexpectedly arrested by the chinese authorities on 3 april and is still in detention. 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. Architecture is an important but perhaps lesserknown aspect of ai weiweis practice. Tapping into the hefty events of recent chinese history, weiwei manages to mutebut never silencehis politics by infusing the work with cultural symbolism and relatively few. Ai weiweis work is an audacious blend of old and new, western and eastern, serious and irreverent. Inspired by the silk road, between turkey and china, the latest exhibition by controversial artist ai weiwei, entitled ai weiwei on porcelain, will focus on his wideranging practice in this medium showcasing an extensive selection of artworks from the artists oeuvre alongside new works, it will present a narrative informed by his life story and his approach to both the traditions of. The home consists of four equal, boxshaped structures. Ai weiwei, born in the socialist peoples republic of china, is one of the mo. Art, architecture andres lepik, reto geiser, yilmaz dziewior, ai weiwei on. Ai weiwei, wadegiles romanization ai weiwei, born may 18. Ai weiwei and architecture event royal academy of arts. Often working with ancient materials beams from destroyed temples, han dynasty urns ai weiwei b.
Architecture english, french, german, italian and spanish edition caroline klein on. Ai weiwei was born in 1957, a remarkable figure of chinese conceptual art and excessivism. Book bar, michael maltzan, united states, 201805 the book bar at jinhua architecture park. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist, active in blogging, sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism.
Study of perspective is a series of images, shot from 1995 to 2003, showing the artist flipping the middle finger ag. Weiwei the activistoutspoken, overt, and confrontational is largely absent from ai weiwei, the survey of recent sculptural work on view at haines gallery. Ai weiwei, born in the socialist peoples republic of china, is one of the most important artists of the present global art scene. Ai weiwei, 55, is a global superstar of contemporary art. While weiwei distances himself from the project due to his antiolympics stance, he has said that he accepted the job because of his love for design. Mio tsunemaya, madeleine kessler, jeff mansfield project. These collaborations were the subject of ai weiwei. Actorslove 020yang chinesethe dreamfilm music booksactor modelasian men. His father, a famous revolutionary poet, fell out of favor with the chinese communist government. Architecture design, office building architecture, architecture visualization. Swiss architects hhf in collaboration with chinese artist ai weiwei have completed a house in ancram, new york, called tsai residence. In 2012, nai publishers, the largest dutch publisher in the field of architecture, art, photography and. Netherlands architecture institute exhibition, nai event.
Writings, interviews, and digital rants, 20062009 by ai weiwei 4. Writings, interviews, and digital rants, 20062009, the mit press, cambridge 2011 brown m. An exhibition space at jinhua architecture park, curated by ai wei wei. Ai weiwei, refugee vests, and the inarticulateness of. Join curator philip tinari and architects daniel rosbottom and simon hartmann in a conversation exploring ai weiweis wideranging and lesser known architectural practice. It is a study of the villages history and architecture, and includes interviews with caochangdi residents. It knowingly bears a resemblance to the little red books that were given out by chairman mao in order to popularize his philosophies to his subjects. What picasso was to the 20th century, ai weiwei is to the 21st, and if our century is to be the chinese century, then its fitting that the greatest artist of the age is chinese. While ai s art was lauded internationally, the frequently provocative and subversive dimension of his art, as well as his political outspokenness.
The first comprehensive monograph on the life and work of activist and dissident chinese artist ai weiwei, this luxurious, silkwrapped tome takes the cake for summers most sumptuous gift book. A richly illustrated exploration of ai weiweis installation and architecture projects, focusing on the artists use of space. Discover book depositorys huge selection of ai weiwei books online. For his provocative political opinion he had been taken under house detention he plant a celebration for the official governmental demolition of his studio. Hans werner holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. See more ideas about ai weiwei, contemporary art, art. Lennart preissap m ay was a big month for ai weiwei, probably chinas bestknown artist internationally. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book. Jinhua architecture park is a park in jinhua, a city in central zhejiang province in eastern china. In recent years, he has produced an astonishingly varied body of work while continuing his role as activist, provocateur, and. The last day to view ai weiweis forever bicycles will be wednesday, may 15, 2019. See more ideas about ai weiwei, contemporary art and installation art.
Taschens new book, meticulously edited and lavishly produced. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Book bar michael maltzan usa the projects concept expands on an important confluence between the book and architecture in chinese history. Love 020, yang yang actor, k drama, chines drama, wei wei, cute love stories.
Netherlands architecture institute exhibition, nai event, reopening, renovation. Ai grew up in the far northwest of china, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. Caochangdi was an urban village and renowned arts district located in the chaoyang district of. Ai weiwei used 9,000 childrens backpacks to spell out the sentence, in chinese, for seven years she lived happily on this earth. Speaking to robin pogrebin for a new interview, weiwei talks. 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. Worldfamous, acclaimed chinese artist ai weiwei opens up about his life and work for an expansive new new york times feature. Outspoken, provocative, and prolific, the artist ai weiwei is an international phenomenon. Ai weiwei sits down with us to chronicle how the internet has profoundly impacted his artwork and led to international recognition. His recent exhibitions include sunflower seeds at the tate modern, london, a vast assemblage of handcrafted porcelain sunflower seeds. Ai weiwei architectartist, urbanus firm of architects, to meet you graphic design.
Ai weiwei at his tate modern installation, sunflower seeds. However, in july 2018 evictions were announced in preparation for demolition and ai weiweis. But it is greeces morality that the exhibition really lauds. For more than three years, ai weiwei turned out a steady stream of scathing social commentary, criticism of government policy, thoughts on art and. Ai weiwei and hhf architects create a rural retreat for.
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 designs footprint flag as a symbol for human rights. Xiao nai as yang yang love hot korean guys, korean men, asian actors. Art architecture, a 2011 exhibition at the kunsthaus bregenz in. In 2006, even though he could barely type, chinas most famous artist started blogging. Artist ai weiwei has collected in this book excerpts from interviews he gave and blogs that he has written on the refugee crisis. A global citizen, artist and thinker, ai weiwei moves between modes of production and investigation, subject to the direction and outcome of his research, whether into the chinese earthquake of 2008 for works such as straight, 200812 and remembering, 2009 or the worldwide plight of refugees and forced migrants for law of the journey and his featurelength documentary, human flow. In recent years, he has produced an astonishingly varied body of work while continuing his role as activist, provocateur, and conscience of a nation.
Sep, 2016 ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist whose work has been marked by a pursuit of honesty. The first comprehensive monograph on this key figure in chinas burgeoning art scene. Born in beijing in 1957, ai weiwei is renowned for making strong aesthetic statements that resonate across todays geopolitical world. Weiwei admires the political and cultural models practiced by the greeks and his life sized marble sculpture riff on the popular style of crafting human bodies at the beginning of the cycladic era, which he fused with his love for grand statements, making his own sevenfoot version. Artarchitecture, a 2011 exhibition at the kunsthaus bregenz in austria, which this catalogue accompanies. Chinese artist and activist ai weiwei has designed a light blue flag with a white footprint, to raise awareness about the importance. Netherlands architecture institute exhibition, nai event earchitect. Ai weiweis first exhibition in turkey is inspired by. Pages in category ai weiwei buildings the following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. Ai weiwei, a chinese artist confined, punished and unable to experience full freedom himself, who has often spoken out against human rights abuses and the need for reform. Since constructing his own studio in 1999, the chinese artist ai weiwei has desi. Weiweiisms by ai weiwei meet your next favorite book. Mar 15, 2012 explore artfinders board icons of contemporary art.
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