Ai weiwei was born in 1957 in beijing and now lives and works in berlin. Internationally acclaimed chinese contemporary artist ai weiwei has reinterpreted the twelve bronze animal heads representing the traditional chinese zodiac that once adorned the famed fountainclock of the yuanming yuan, an imperial retreat in beijing. Worldrenowned artist ai weiwei on his childhood in a. According to ai weiwei, his father was a very good artist who had studied painting in paris. It has taken a while to make the video, but i hope. Ai weiwei covers berlin landmark in refugee life vests sbs news.
Ai weiwei s largest show to date, evidence, has just opened at martin gropiusbau, berlin. Ai weiwei began citizens investigation to remember the children who perished in the sichuan earthquake, and to console the parents who lost them. Jun 04, 2019 hans werner holzwarth is a book designer and editor specializing in contemporary art and photography. Ai weiwei constantly pushes boundaries using a range of creative practices including the power of digital communication that. Ai weiwei undergoing surgery in germany updated with. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the chinese governments stance on democracy and human rights. Ai remained in beijing for three weeks after the beating in chengdu before flying. He entered the hospital on september 14, and underwent emergency surgery that night after his condition rapidly deteriorated.
Ai weiwei has continued to prepare exhibits for museums and art centres from the world over, such as his large 2014. German doubts grow about reliance on the chinese market. Entitled independent investigative report by citizens, tan and xies document presented evidence of shoddy school construction and alluded to widespread government malfeasance at the local level. In germany, they werent devastated by his time in germany, which he regards as still nazi, the artist has moved. With its acclaimed contemporary and archaeological exhibitions, the gropius bau has consistently opened up new realms of experience and established its international reputation. By exploring how ai weiwei used the porcelain sunflower seeds as a. Ai weiwei embraces the political the new york times.
But shortly after returning to shanghai in 1932, the anti. 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 covers berlin landmark in refugee life vests. Jun 22, 2011 media caption mr ai said he could not speak to the media about his case. Apr 02, 2014 free movies and tv shows you can watch now. Exhibitions ai weiwei, darling dissident, presents largest ever show in berlin spanning 32,300 square feet. Ai weiweis new exhibition features a room filled with. Sep 11, 2015 ai weiwei tells of his lack of support from british government. He decided to get a checkup after flying to germany last week ahead of an opening of his work later this month. By ai weiwei s definition, the term nazi is a general analytic term for a culture that asserts its superiority.
Ai weiwei sends 6000 stools to berlin art agenda phaidon. I became also quite wellknown in china, and then in germany. Ai weiwei wasnt allowed to travel to berlin, so he designed the show in his studio in beijing. He attended beijing film academy and later, on moving to new york 19831993, continued his studies at the parsons school of design.
Evidence, the martingropiusbau in berlin has prepared one of the biggest exhibitions of ai weiwei to date. A visitor to the ai weiwei evidence exhibition at martin gropius. The subjects here are the reichstag in germany and japans yasukuni shrine, not the chinese government. It is now a source for news about the artist and his work. Apr 02, 2014 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. Or you can download the instructions themselves for free. 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. As a sequel to ai weiwei s film lao ma ti hua, the film so sorry named after the artists 2009 exhibition in munich, germany shows the beginnings of the tension between ai weiwei and the chinese government. We saw ai weiwei s marvellous exhibition, evidence, at the gropiusbau, berlin in 2014. Ai weiwei born 1957 is an artist, architect and politician. Ai weiwei evidence at the martin gropius museum in. Artist ai weiwei has landed in germany after chinese authorities withheld his passport since his 2011 arrest. Ai weiwei evidence at the martin gropius museum in berlin through july 2014.
In this piece, weiwei is expressing doubt in the righteousness of these places, just as he does for the chinese government. His works fill 18 rooms across 3,000 square meters and are either specifically designed for the martin gropius bau or have not been shown in germany before. Evidence, the exhibition by famous chinese artist ai weiwei, was held in berlin from april 03 july, 2014. Oftcontroversial chinese artist ai weiwei is set to make his way to germany for his latest exhibition, evidence. Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Dws sabine peschel comments on the germans fascination with. Ai weiwei at the launch of his royal academy exhibition. News ai weiwei hospitalized after beating by chinese.
It looks like we dont have any quotes for this title yet. Ai weiwei s 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. Ai weiwei phaidon contemporary artist series karen smith, hans ulrich obrist, bernard fibicher, ai weiwei, craig garrett, michele robecchi on. On 3,000 square meters in 18 rooms and in the spectacular lichthof the retrospective features works and installations that were either designed specifically for the building or have not yet been shown in germany. Sep 15, 2009 i spoke with ai briefly this evening by phone and he said he was recovering well and everything is fine. Apr 06, 2014 were talking about the chinese artist ai weiwei, who currently has his exhibition named evidence at the martin gropius bau in berlin, germany.
While ai s art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from chinese authorities. Ai weiweis alternative vision for beijings buildings with a display on beijings caochangdi in our architecture space, our curator discusses the ai weiweidesigned buildings of this artists region, and their place in a rapidly developing city. The power of quantity in ai weiweis sunflower seeds. An outspoken human rights activist, ai was arrested by chinese authorities in april 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. Ai weiwei slargest ever show in berlin artnet news. Over 6,000 ming and qing dynasty wooden stools, some more battered than. The island was first made popular by its abundance in the homeric epics.
Were talking about the chinese artist ai weiwei, who currently has his exhibition named evidence at the martin gropius bau in berlin, germany. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Ai weiwei tells of his lack of support from british government. The case for ai weiwei the art assignment pbs digital. 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. Detained chinese artist ai weiwei sparks debate in germany. Ai weiwei has been called the most powerful artist in the worldand the most dangerous man in china. Ai weiwei undergoing surgery in germany updated with photos.
Circle of animalszodiac heads is the artists first major public sculpture project. Evidence retrospective at martingropiusbau, berlin. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The chinese artist has lived and worked in berlin since leaving his homeland in 2015 and is now pondering his next step. After the success of his tate modern show in london, dissident chinese artist ai weiwei is coming to berlin. Appearing at berlins martingropiusbau, evidence is ai weiwei. Firsttime director, alison klayman, spent three years following weiwei as he prepared for major. Dissident chinese artist ai weiwei in germany, says britain. Born in 1957 in beijing, he spent his childhood and youth in a hard labor camp in the gobi. Ai weiwei covers berlins konzerthaus in refugee life jackets. As someone who has faced persecution in his native china, resulting in a. Arts artist ai weiwei says goodbye to berlin after three years in exile.
On september 21, ai weiwei left munich university hospital, where he had received treatment for a brain hemorrhage. The spacious ground floor of the martingropiusbau is devoted to his powerful work. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. While ais art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from chinese authorities. Detained chinese artist ai weiwei sparks debate in germany the arrest of ai weiwei, one of chinas most prominent artists, has triggered international protests. Apr 03, 2014 ai weiwei evidence, which sprawls across 18 rooms at the martingropiusbau museum, is a deeply political exhibition of the artists conceptual art. Chinese artist and activist ai weiwei has returned home having been freed after more than two months detention. Ai weiwei in conversation with anthony downey third text. Grit lederer germania germany, 2014 52, inglese english teatro augusteo augusteo theatre h 21. The exhibition features new works that have been specifically designed for the exhibition or have never been shown in germany. Hornbach teamed with ai weiwei for contemporary art you. Chinese dissident artist ai weiwei told the guardian on monday that the mood in germany and in much of europe is very scary and a reflection of the 1930s. Filmed by andreas heck, original music by tan dun, mixed and resampled by andreas heck.
Beijing, june 22, 20 the ai weiwei studio released ai weiweis first music album, the divine comedy, today to commemorate the second anniversary of his release from an 81day secret detention. This time ai weiwei has collected over 14,000 life jackets and has tied them together, draping them up and down the columns of the berlin konzerthaus. Oct 06, 2016 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. Nov 25, 2011 ai deems the tax bill political revenge or punishment and says it has no factual basis. The jackets are coming from lesbos or lesvos, a greek island that acts as a middle point for those syrian refugees fleeing from their homeland on their way to europe. Artist and activist ai weiwei s 2017 documentary film, human flow, explores the global refugee crisis. These are the centers of power their respective countries and cultures. Besides this act of remembering through an assembled name list of the departed children, he has called upon the government to take responsibility. Berlin the evidence from which the ai weiwei exhibition at the. Ai weiwei engages in the very same racial stereotyping about germany that he complains, with very thin, if not contrived proof the germans exhibited toward him. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued. He confirms his reputation as one of the most exciting artists of the world even after the hype about contemporary art from china. Freedom the artist ai weiwei is demanding his passport back from chinese authoritiesbut they are.
Entitled ai weiwei mirror, the exhibition included seminal political. Ai weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in chinese cultural development, an architect of chinese modernism, and one of the nations most vocal political commentator. Ai weiwei evidence, which sprawls across 18 rooms at the martingropiusbau museum, is a deeply political exhibition of the artists conceptual art. Chinese artist ai weiwei has wrapped 14,000 life jackets around the columns of berlins konzerthaus to raise awareness for the plight of. The internet is still busy commenting on ai weiweis latest misguided installation at berlins konzerthaus, which involved attaching 14,000 life jackets flown in from the greek island of. Jul 30, 2015 dissident chinese artist and free speech advocate ai weiwei, whose passport was returned last week four years after it was confiscated, arrived in germany on thursday to visit his son and said. 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. In germany, ai has a work permit and a fouryear visa and plans to. This paper examines the roots of ai weiweis work in chinese art history and looks at how the artist has deliberately adapted.
In the vast central hall, stools 2014 greets a diverse crowd of museumgoers in a similar fashion to sunflower seeds, a piece weiwei did for the tate modern from 20102011. Ai weiwei shocks with cinema for peace photo artnet news. With works that have never before been shown in germany, the exhibition featured three decades of ai weiwei s career in 18 different rooms 3,000 m. It was the most amazing exhibition i had ever seen. Ai weiwei s deft use of social media has made him one of the most wellknown artists and dissidents in the world. The chinese artists latest show is a supersized experience. Worldrenowned artist ai weiwei on his childhood in a labor. Chinese dissident artist ai weiwei arrives in germany. The chinese artist ai weiwei is particularly admired in germany.
The 10 best documentaries about the future highsnobiety. Ai grew up in the far northwest of china, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. Apr 22, 2014 the exhibition, titled evidence, shows new works that have never before been shown in germany. In 2011, ai weiwei was arrested at beijing capital international airport on 3 april, for economic crimes. Apr 02, 2014 oftcontroversial chinese artist ai weiwei is set to make his way to germany for his latest exhibition, evidence. Apr 03, 2014 ai weiwei born 1957 is an artist, architect and politician. It was the largest exhibition ai weiwei has ever done. In 18 rooms and in the spectacular court lichthof the retrospective features works and installations that were either designed specifically for. The exhibition, titled evidence, shows new works that have never before been shown in germany. Ai weiwei, chinese artist and activist whose work included sculptural installations, architectural projects, photographs, and videos. In lao ma ti hua, ai weiwei travels to chengdu, china to attend the trial of the civil rights advocate tan zuoren, as a witness. Ai weiwei s favourit piece in the show is, according to an interview before the opening, the fact that he is not allowed to travel to berlin and to attend the opening. In lao ma ti hua, ai weiwei travels to chengdu, sichuan to attend the trial of the civil rights advocate tan zuoren, as a witness.
Chinese dissident artist ai weiwei arrives in germany news. Martingropiusbau prepared one of the biggest exhibitions of ai weiwei. Rss contact us download our android app download our ios app facebook twitter. People walk past an art installation by chinese artist ai weiwei on feb. The single dumbass, premiered last month along with its music video, is included in the album. Now the chinese artist has drawn on the stool part of that french surrealists pioneer work for his latest exhibition, the largest ever devoted to ai, which opens in berlin this thursday. The gropius bau is one of europes most important exhibition venues. After the examination revealed internal bleeding, the doctors suggest he undergo surgery.
The show references some of the artists most wellknown work, and his widely known experiences as an activist. A pdf of this interview as it was published in the large glass is available to view or download here. Ai weiwei evidence exhibition berlin berlin sidewalk. Ai weiwei and german politician sigmar gabriel during the human flow. This is a work of art in itself and it reflects my human condition now. Artist ai weiwei says goodbye to berlin after three years. The show, entitled evidence, is at berlins martingropiusbau exhibition hall, and consists of either entirely new works, or pieces never seen in germany. A visitor to the ai weiwei evidence exhibition at martin.
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