#weiwei art

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fuck it... bird sneaks

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Ai Weiwei: Last Cigarette of the Smoking Generation (1988)

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In His Largest LEGO Work Yet, Ai Weiwei Recreates One of Claude Monet’s Most Famous Paintings

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AI WEIWEI 艾未未 / "BOMB" / 2020 [inkjet print in B&G on paper | 51 1⁄4 x 37 3⁄8"]

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water lillies #1 ~ ai weiwei | photo credit: ela bialkowska | okno studio

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Sandwiches on newspapers, by Ukrainian artist Julia Stankevych.

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Ai Weiwei (Chinese, 1957), Men Shen Kite, 2014. Silk and bamboo, 50 ½ x 47 ½ in.

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Artist Ai Weiwei has been known to use LEGO bricks as an art material, leveraging the analog bit shape of the square building blocks to generate so-called “glitch aesthetics” that comment on digital disruption, paranoia around systems, and miscommunication (among other associations attendant to their subject matter).

In his newest and largest LEGO work yet, slated as a feature of an upcoming exhibition at the Design Museum in London, Ai presents “Water Lilies #1,” a recreation of Claude Monet’s ubiquitous Impressionist work.

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Odyssey, Ai Weiwei, 2017

Offset lithograph on paper 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)

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Man Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture at Italy Art Show Opening

A man shattered a sculpture by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei on Friday during the opening of his exhibition at Palazzo Fava in the Italian city of Bologna, a spokesperson for the show said.

Footage from CCTV cameras — posted on Ai Weiwei’s Instagram account — showed a man vigorously pushing the sculpture over, breaking it and then holding a piece of it over his head.

The sculpture targeted was the artist’s large blue and white “Porcelain Cube,” the spokesperson said.

The exhibit’s curator, Arturo Galansino, said the perpetrator was well-known in the art world.

“Unfortunately, I know the author of this inconsiderate gesture from a series of disturbing and damaging episodes over the years involving various exhibitions and institutions in Florence,” said Galansino.

The police in Bologna told local media a 57-year old Czech man had been arrested after being stopped by the museum’s security. The police could not immediately be reached for comment.

The spokesperson said the art show, entitled “Who am I?” had opened on Saturday as normal and that the oeuvre will be replaced by a life-size print of the cube. The exhibition is due to run until May 4.

“Ai Weiwei worried that no one was hurt and then asked that the remains of the work be covered and taken away,” he said.

It was not clear how the man had entered the building during the invite-only event on Friday.

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i ask you this: how would YOU wear your freshly caught fish hat

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Ai Weiwei: Chandelier (2015)

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... bike and art ...

Forever (Bicycles)

- Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei, Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, 1995

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Happy 67th, Ai Weiwei.

2015 photo by Oliver Mark.