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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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"Marble Arm" , White Marble, Edition of 10, 21 x 67 x 30 cm, 2007
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"Template" 2007, 1001 wooden doors and windows from destroyed Ming and Qing dynasty houses, 7.2×12×8.5cm, Kassel, Germany, 2007, before collapsing
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"Pillar", 16 porcelain pillars, Burned in Jingdezhen, different sizes, Height between 178 and 238cm, 2006/7
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"Dress with Flowers (No. 5)", Porcelain, Burned in Jingdezhen, 6×74×56 cm, 2007
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China Log, 337×57×52cm, 2005
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Untitled, 2006, Rosewood, 147×158cm
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Bowl of Pearls, 2006, Colored porcelain from Jingdezhen and a half ton of clear water pearls, 43×100×100cm
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Fragment, 2006, installation
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Study of Perspective: White House, 1995-2003, Series of Photographs
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Map of China, 2003, Tieli wood, Hight 120cm
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Chandelier, 2002, Crystal and scaffolding, Height 6 metres
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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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Tang Dynasty Courtesan in Bottle, 1994, Clay scupture dating from Tang Dynasty(618-907) and glass bottle
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Coal Hives, 2000, Bronze, steel and gold, diameter 19cm
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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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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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