| Title:
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AI WEIWEI SPEAKS
WITH HANS ULRICH OBRIST |
| By: |
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Weiwei Ai |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0241957540 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780241957547 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
26 May, 2011 |
| Pages: |
128 |
| Description: |
Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's most significant creative and cultural figures. This title offers a series of interviews that discuss the many dimensions of his artistic life, ranging over subjects including ceramics, blogging, nature, and philosophy. |
| Synopsis: |
'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?' Ai Weiwei - artist, architect, curator, publisher, poet and urbanist - extended the notion of art and is one of the world's most significant creative and cultural figures. In this series of interviews, conducted over several years with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, he discusses the many dimensions of his artistic life, ranging over subjects including ceramics, blogging, nature, philosophy and the myriad influences that have fed into his work. He also talks candidly about his father, his childhood spent in exile and his criticism of the Chinese state. Together, these extraordinary discussions give a unique insight into the outstanding complexity of Ai Weiwei's thought and work, and are an essential reminder of the need for personal, political and artistic freedom. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |