Ai Weiwei
Contributors: Marlow, Tim, 1963-. curator; Locke, Adrian. curator; Marlow, Tim, 1963- interviewer; Locke, Adrian, writer of supplementary textual content; Tancock, John L., writer of added commentary; Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9781910350164; 9781910350232; 9781910350423
Subjects: Interviews; Exhibitions; Architects; Artists
Description: Artist, designer, architect, author, publisher, and curator: Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is a truly 21st-century creative, influential across a variety of media. During his childhood, criticism of his father's poetry--he was labeled as a dissident--meant that Ai and his family were exiled to a remote region of China for 16 years. Following the death of Chairman Mao, Ai left to train as an artist in Beijing and New York. Ai is today an artist of global stature, and his strong social conscience has galvanized a generation of Chinese artists. With works that touch on topics such as imprisonment, borders, and disaster, Ai has often found himself in conflict with the Chinese authorities. Ai Weiwei is published to coincide with a major exhibition at the Royal Academy in London--the largest showing of Ai's work to date. This volume includes installations and artworks specially created for the exhibition, an interview with Ai by Tim Marlow, and contributions from a team of scholars, analyzing the variety of Ai's output and concerns.
Notes: Published on occasion of the exhibition "Ai Weiwei" held at Royal Academy of Arts, London, September 19-December 13, 2015.

Exhibition curators: Tim Marlow, Adrian Locke.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ai Weiwei in conversation / Tim Marlow; title: Born radical / John Tancock; title: Architecture can also be silent / Daniel Rosbottom; title: Chronology / Adrian Locke; title: Catalogue plates / with section introductions by Adrian Locke.