Ai Weiwei. The Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’
US$ 300Disponibilità: DisponibileLimited edition of 2,500 copies
Ai Weiwei. The Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’
US$ 300Limited Edition Scarf by Ai Weiwei
The Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’
The motif Cats and Dogs reflects on a decisive period in Ai’s work, from his return to Beijing in 1993 after a decade-long stay in New York to building his Caochangdi home and studio on the Beijing outskirts in 1999. He gives the finger to the Forbidden City, just as he did in his Studies of Perspective, where his outstretched middle finger measured sights around the world. The word “FUCK” is another familiar trope of Ai’s Beijing years, one he spelled as a huge neon sign in his studio garden. Neolithic vases branded with the Coca-Cola logo rest on Ming and Qing Dynasty tables crafted together in contorted shapes. The works are depicted in this papercut as they would be displayed at the studio, surrounded by animals, including the dogs and countless cats who freely roam the house and garden.
Limited edition of 2,500 copies
L'artista
Nato a Pechino nel 1957, Ai Weiwei è famoso per le sue forti dichiarazioni estetiche, che risuonano in tutto il mondo geopolitico moderno. Dall’architettura alle installazioni, dai social media ai documentari, Ai usa una vasta gamma di media per offrire al suo pubblico nuove prospettive da cui analizzare la società e i suoi valori. Nel 2015 ha ricevuto da Amnesty International l’Ambassador of Conscience Award, e nel 2012 il premio Václav Havel per il dissenso creativo dalla Fondazione per i diritti umani. Il suo primo lungometraggio, il documentario Human Flow, è stato presentato in concorso alla 74a Mostra internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia. Attualmente risiede e lavora a Berlino.
Ai Weiwei. The Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’
Edition of 2,500Red scarf, 100% silk, 35.4 x 35.4 in., handwoven and hand-silkscreened, finished with hand-rolled edges; wrapped in tissue paper and packaged in cardboard box, 10 x 10 in.ISBN 978-3-8365-7047-3
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