This is a monograph on the life and work of Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei, who is at the same time a publisher and an architect. Besides providing a survey of Ai's artistic production during the period 1993-2003, the texts and conversations with the artist featured here also provide a better understanding of Ai's background by following the artist's and his art's development from Xinjiang where he spent the his formative years with his exiled-father, to New York where in self-exile he was exposed to New York's experimental art for 13 years, and then back to Beijing where he produced the important body of new works that are the focus of this book. Artist biography can be found in the back.
Access level
Onsite
artist
publisher
editor
Location code
MON.AWW
Language
English
Keywords
Publication/Creation date
2003
No of pages
148
ISBN / ISSN
9889726289
No of copies
1
Content type
artist monograph
Chapter headings
Introduction: A Handful of Dust - Chinchin YAP
Changing Perspective: Ai Weiwei with Charles Merewether
Ai Weiwei - Jonathan NAPACK
Conversations: Ai Weiwei with Chin-Chin Yap
Ai Weiwei: Works: Beijing 1993-2003
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