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Ai Weiwei : in search of humanity / edited by Dieter Buchhart, Elsy Lahner, and Klaus Albrecht Schröder ; with contributions by Dieter Buchhart [and four others].
LIBRA N7349.A5 A4 2022
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tancock, John L., author.
- Buergel, Roger M., author.
- Lumbroso, Melissa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ai, Weiwei--Exhibitions.
- Ai, Weiwei.
- Ai, Weiwei--Criticism and interpretation.
- Ai, Weiwei--Themes, motives.
- Art, Chinese--20th century--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Art, Chinese.
- Conceptual art--China--20th century--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Conceptual art.
- Political art--China--20th century--21st century--Exhibitions.
- Political art.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Essays.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 30 cm
- Manufacture:
- Trento, Italy : Printer Trento.
- Other Title:
- In search of humanity
- Place of Publication:
- Munich, Germany : Hirmer Verlag GmbH, [2022]
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- Ai Weiwei is not only one of the most important contemporary artists; he is also an untiring activist and critic of authoritarian systems. "In Search of Humanity" presents a comprehensive overview of all phases of the artist's oeuvre and includes a number of hitherto unpublished works. The book design in the form of a block of marble makes this an unusual volume. The catalogue examines in detail the aspect of humanity and artistic responsibility in the oeuvre of Ai Weiwei. It sheds light on concepts such as surveillance, censorship, human rights, freedom of expression, human displacement, radical responsibility, the power of beauty and the truth of poetry. Numerous quotations by the artist and a timeline which positions the individual works visually within the context of the historical events that prompted them, explore the works in a plausible manner.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Klaus Albrecht Schröder
- Ai Weiwei
- In Search of Humanity / Dieter Buchhart
- Readymade and Beyond / John Tancock
- Encountering Sorrow / Roger M. Buergel
- Works / With quotes from Ai Weiwei and texts by Elsy Lahner
- Early Works
- New York Photographs
- Beijing Photographs
- Tiananmen
- Study of Perspective
- Cultural Heritage
- Beijing
- Bicycles
- Circle of Animals
- Sichuan Earthquake
- Arrest
- Imprisonment
- Panda to Panda
- War, Flight, and Migration
- US Presidential Election
- Locust Plague
- Corona
- Ai Weiwei in Context / Elsy Lahner and Melissa Lumbroso
- Biography.
- Notes:
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Albertina Modern, March 16-September 4, 2022--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- "Ai Weiwei: In Search of Humanity" : March 16-September 4, 2022, Albertina modern, Vienna, Austria.
- On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Albertina modern, Vienna, March 16 - September 4, 2022.
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- Contains:
- Ai, Weiwei. Works. Selections
- ISBN:
- 9783777438641
- 3777438642
- OCLC:
- 1308485883
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