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 i Wei Wei (Beijing 1957) is one of the China's earliest and most influential avant-garde artists. In the late 1970s, he was a member of "The Stars," a group of largely self-taught artists who challenged official communist icons and ideology and helped spark the modern art movement in Beijing. The son of the renowned modern poet Ai Qing, Ai Wei Wei later emigrated to the U.S. and studied in New York. He returned to China in 1993, and continued to create provocative and subversive photographs, installations and sculptures using found objects and ancient relics. Influenced by Dada, Duchamp and Warhol, he has created playful, inventive and often absurd art works, like his furniture series, which includes an ancient Chinese "Table with Two Legs on the Wall" and a photographic triptych which features him smashing a Han dynasty vase. In the mid 90s, he also helped form the famous "East Village" community of performance artists in Beijing. And despite more than a quarter of a century of poking fun at the ruling Communist Party, Ai WeiWei was chosen as one of the expert consultants to the architects for Beijing's Olympic Stadium. |
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Cube Light, 2008, glass crystals, lights and metal, 414 x 400 x 400 cm
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Bubble (100 pieces), 2008, Porcelain, each 50 x ø 75 cm
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Pee, 2007, Porcelain, 60 x 39 x 44.5cm
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Dress With Flowers(No.5), 2007, Porcelain, 6×74×56cm
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Template，2007, Wooden Doors And Windows From Destroyed Ming And Qing Dynasty Houses, 720 x 1200 x 850cm
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Details Of Fairytale, 2007, Mixed Media
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Buddha Bracelet, 2007, Plastic[Lego], 19cm, Ø 95cm
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Fountain Of Light, Installation View At Ai Weiwei`S Studio, 2007
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Pillars, 2006, 16 Porcelain Pillars, Heights Between 178 And 238cm
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Untitled, 2006, Huanghuali Wood, Ø 278cm
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Kippe, 2006, Iron Wood [Tieli Wood] And Iron Parallel Bar, 182 x 286 x 104cm
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Bowls Of Pears, 2006, A Pair Of Porcelain Bowls And Freshwater Pearls, Each 43cm, Ø 100cm
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Fragments, 2005, Iron Wood [Tieli Wood], 500 x 850 x 700cm
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Two Joined Square Tables, 2005, Tables, Qing Dynasty, 136 x 167.5 x 91.5 cm
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Coffin, 2005, Iron Wood [Tieli Wood], 3 Pieces, Size Varied
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Detail Of China Log, 2005, Iron Wood [Tieli Wood], 337cm, Ø57cm
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Prototype Of The Wave, 2004, Porcelain, 12 x 32.5 x 23cm
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Newspaper Reader, 2004, Fiberglass, Clothes And Newspaper, Life-Size
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Map Of China, 2003, Tieli Wood, Hight 120cm
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'Forever' Bicycles, 2003, Bicycles, Diameter 450cm, Height 275cm
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Study Of Perspective: White House, 1995-2003, Series Of Photographs
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Chandelier, 2002, Crystal And Scaffolding, Height 6 Meters
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Coal Hives, 2000, Bronze, Steel And Gold, Diameter 19cm
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Installation View Of Whitewash And Still Life, 1993-2000, Clay Urns Dating From Late Stone Age (10,000 – 4000BC) And Industrial Paint
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Tables At Right Angles, 1998, Tables, Qing Dynasty, (1644 – 1911), 175 x 126 x 174cm
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72 Standard, 1997, 72 Black And White Photographs
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Table With Two Legs On The Wall, 1997, Table, Qing Dynasty(1644-1911), 90.5 X 118 X 122 cm
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Detail, Fragments Of Smashed Blue And White 'Dragon' Bowl, 1996
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Dropping A Han Dynasty Urn, 1995, Series Of Three Black And White Photographs
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Tang Dynasty Courtesan In Bottle, 1994, Clay Sculpture Dating From Tang Dynasty (618-907) And Glass Bottle
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Han Dynasty Urn With Coca-Cola Logo, 1994, Urn And Paint, Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-8 AD)
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June 1994, 1994, Black And White Photograph
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
"Ai Weiwei" Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
"Ai Weiwei" Mary Boone Gallery, New York, USA
"Under Construction" Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney and Campbelltown Arts Center, Sydney, Australia
2007
"Ai Weiwei" Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
"Travelling Landscapes" Aedes, Berlin, Germany
2006
"Fragments" Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing, China
2004
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Caermerklooster - Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultur, Gent, Belgium
2003
Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne,Switzerland
1988
Old Shoes - Safe Sex Art Waves Gallery, New York
1982
Asian Foundation, San Francisco |
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