Sunflower seeds

by Ai, Weiwei

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Title Statements

Full title :Sunflower seeds / Ai Weiwei ; edited by Juliet Bingham.

Summary

Born in Beijing in 1957, Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential artists at work today and has exhibited widely in Asia, Europe and North America. He is the first artist living and working in the Asia-Pacific region to be commissioned as part of the Unilever Series to create an artwork for the vast Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. Ai Weiwei has said "Liberty is about the right to question everything". His works in a wide range of media are characterized by social and political engagement and a constantly enquiring mind. Whether as an artist, curator, critic, designer or architect, he has played a key part in contemporary Chinese art and culture of the past two decades, not least through his collaboration with architects Herzog & de Meuron in designing the 'Bird's Nest' stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Published to accompany Ai Weiwei's first major large-scale commission in Britain, this book will provide important insights into the creative processes of one of the most exciting and dynamic contemporary artists. Publisher's note.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Tate Publishing
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

Notes

Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Modern, London, Oct. 12, 2010-May 2, 2011.

Title is hyphenated on cover and title page: Ai / Weiwei / Sun- / flower / seeds.

Video interview with artist at exhibition: 4 min. 42 sec http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/video/ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds Ai Weiwei, one of China's leading conceptual artists and an outspoken social commentator, has carpeted Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with millions of porcelain sunflower seeds, each intricately hand-painted. tabs In this film he talks about his motivation, and goes back to the Chinese city of Jingdezhen to meet some of the 1,600 artisans who created the seeds for him.

The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds: Interpretation text (Chinese) http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/unilever-series-ai-weiwei/interpretation-text/unilever-series-ai [ 70.5 Mbytes GIF image of Chinese characters text ].

The Physical Object

Description:144 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color) ; : 27 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781854378842, 1854378848
oclc:on1127804329
LC Classification:N7349.A5
Dewey Decimal:709.2

Ai Weiwei's Relevance / Carol Yonghua Lu -- Ai Weiwei and the Geopolitical Supplement / Marko Daniel -- Everything is Necessary / Brendan McGetrick -- A Conversation : Ai Weiwei, Juliet Bingham and Marko Daniel @aiww : selected quotes from Ai Weiwei's Twitter posts translated by / Jennifer Ng -- Sunflower seeds : making -- Sunflower seeds : installation.

Subjects

Ai, Weiwei Artistes -- Expositions. -- Chine Artists Artists -- Exhibitions -- China China England -- London Exhibition catalogs Installations (Art) Installations (Art) -- Angleterre Installations (Art) -- England