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Ai Weiwei
Wo ist die Revolution -Contemporary, 21st Century, Ai Weiwei, China
2019

Name: Wo ist die Revolution -Contemporary, 21st Century, Ai Weiwei, China
Brand: Ai Weiwei
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Wo ist die Revolution -Contemporary, 21st Century, Ai Weiwei, China Wo ist die Revolution, 2019 Inkjet Print Edition of 180 190 x 100 cm (74.8 x 39.3 in.) Signed and numbered In mint condition, as acquired from the publisher in the original packaging PLEASE NOTE: Images of edition number are example references only. The seller can only provide the specific edition number to buyers at the actual point of sale. Please message the seller to request this information at the point of purchase. The piece is offered unframed. “If you look at art history you see that only important art moments have revolutionary quality. I hope I can be part of it. My art is about how to give the definition of our time. All those things are so essential - human rights, human dignity and human speech, social justice, fairness, and it helps me as an artist to find my own position." —Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei is an artist that plays with the idea of the power of culture and how art can transform people´s lives. One of the most exhibited artists in the world, who focuses a lot of time on conducting research and archiving. With this in mind, Wo ist die Revolution? was created for Ai´s exhibition at the Kunstsammlung Nordheim-Westfalen to revisit art history in our current turbulent age. “I wouldn´t say that the street is a good place to do the revolution. But when you have no other place (then) the street a good place, the shopping mall is a good place, the subway is a good place, the airport is a good place. Whenever human goes is a good place, because our mind is a good place and we can go anywhere to do the revolution." —Ai Weiwei Stepping into a brisk stride as Joseph Beuys did almost half a century ago with La Rivoluzione Noi, 1972, as the title translates as ´We are the Revolution´. The edition is based on the artists´ life-size proportions, as both artists are depicted striding confidently towards the viewer, as if ready to dynamically step out of the image, in a confrontational way but also encouraging the viewer to join them towards a revolution. AI WEIWEI The Chinese artist is one of the most celebrated contemporary artists in the East and West, a global citizen who calls for political investigation within his wide practice. Ai Weiwei investigates and questions institutions and regimes at the core of his work, he measures our existence in relation to economic, political, and social forces, while his practice is rooted in Chinese tradition he executes within a contemporary and conceptual creativity. His provocative blend of Chinese tradition and craftsmanship within fully contemporary practice serves his strong criticism of human rights violations and condemnations of governmental corruption. His own life since childhood has been marked by his struggles and fights against the Chinese Government. His father, a renewed poet, was declared “class enemy” and sent to labor camp with his family. Migrating to New York was his opportunity to expand his artistic vocabularies where he stayed for over a decade. During this time, he became influenced by the works of Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and Hasper Johns. “The human struggle and the freedom of speech. Those values are not given by anybody. It always comes through fighting and struggle. Because somebody has to defend it. And also, if just one person defends it, it benefits everybody.” -Ai Weiwei He was secretly detained without any official charges being filed for 81 days from April 3 to June 22, 2011 by the Chinese government, and his passport was held for 4 years afterward. Since being allowed to leave China in 2015 he has produced monumental installations and artworks that advocate for refugee rights and make awareness on the global crisis of displacement.

Creator:

Ai Weiwei (1957, Chinese)

Creation Year:

2019

Dimensions:

Height: 74.81 in (190 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)

Medium:

Inkjet

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

2010-

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Zug, CH

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU1562212482552

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