Ai Weiwei Speaks

Ai Weiwei Speaks

by Hans Ulrich Obrist
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 26/05/2011

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'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.

ISBN:
9780241957738
9780241957738
Category:
The arts: general issues
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
26-05-2011
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Hans Ulrich Obrist

Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of London's Serpentine Galleries, is known as the most influential person in the art world today. Intrepid and globally omnipresent, he has curated over 300 exhibitions and conducted 3,000 hours of interviews with the greatest minds of the 20th and 21st centuries. His recent books include Ways of Curating (2015) and Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects (2016).

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