Ai Weiwei: Making Sense - Hardcover

Chu, Wang; Hajek, Rachel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1872005632 ISBN 13: 9781872005638

Verlag: Design Museum, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

Ai Weiwei’s archaeological exploration of the histories and skills that have been ignored or erased, through objects from his personal collections

Known around the world for his powerful art and activism, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) does not differentiate between disciplines: his practice glides across art, architecture, design, film, collecting and curating. Richly illustrated with over 200 images, Ai Weiwei: Making Sense is the first major publication to present Ai’s work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values. It presents a selection of Ai’s collected objects, from ancient stone axe heads to porcelain teapot spouts, from Neolithic tools to modern mass-produced products, as well as new works created specifically for the Design Museum. These collections draw from the artist’s fascination with historical Chinese artifacts, placing their craftsmanship in dialogue with China’s more recent history of demolition and urban development. Also featured are essays by leading experts covering dominant themes in Ai’s work, such as craft, collecting and the urbanization and industrialization of China. It concludes with an interview between renowned British Israeli architect Eyal Weizman and Ai himself.

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Justin McGuirk is chief curator at the Design Museum and the director of Future Observatory.

Contributors:
Brian Dillon, Rachel Hajek, Julia Lovell, Tim Marlow, Justin McGuirk, Wang Shu, Eyal Weizman

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Ai Weiwei is best known as an artist, activist and public figure. But he is almost unique in the way he glides across disciplinary boundaries: into architecture, design, collecting and curating. In Spring 2023, a retrospective on Ai Weiwei will open at the Design Museum. This is the first exhibition to examine Ai’s relationship to design, architecture and the city. To accompany this exhibition, a catalogue of the same title will explore Ai’s practice as artist, architect, designer and collector. The book w

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Design Museum
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1872005632
• ISBN 13: 9781872005638
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
• Herausgeber: Mcguirk Justin
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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