Vases in Five Colours (Set of 5)
Ai Weiwei
Sculpture - 20.5 x 22 x 22 cm Sculpture - 8.1 x 8.7 x 8.7 inch
$25,740
Cedar (Small),
2022
Ai Weiwei
Print : Screen Print
47.5 x 38 cm 18.7 x 15 inch
$3,504
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Artwork location: Spain
Screenprint on Somerset Velvet Antique 280gsm paper hand signed and numbered by the artist of a limited edition of 150 copies.
When Ai Weiwei creates these trees, the artist emphasizes his interest in the physical and aesthetic qualities of material and its transformative nature. The way things can have another meaning or use, the transformation that leads to a rebirth of the object is a theme that recalls the taoism fundamentals. In this case, the trunks and branches create a new tree that is not intended to look like a natural grown tree.
"My work is always ready made. It could be cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art – to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities. I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later." - Ai Weiwei
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When Ai Weiwei creates these trees, the artist emphasizes his interest in the physical and aesthetic qualities of material and its transformative nature. The way things can have another meaning or use, the transformation that leads to a rebirth of the object is a theme that recalls the taoism fundamentals. In this case, the trunks and branches create a new tree that is not intended to look like a natural grown tree.
"My work is always ready made. It could be cultural, political, or social, and also it could be art – to make people re-look at what we have done, its original position, to create new possibilities. I always want people to be confused, to be shocked or realize something later." - Ai Weiwei
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Born in 1957 in Beijing, Ai Weiwei is a multidisciplinary artist who is a sculptor, blogger, architect, and curator. He studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and then at Parsons The New School for Design in New York. The artist lives and works in Beijing but has lived in the United States for several years. In the early 1980s, he moved to New York to photograph scenes of daily life , capturing the habits and lifestyles of its inhabitants. He returned to Beijing to continue this practice in 1993. Through his work, he succeeds in painting a portrait of a country and its population by reflecting daily life as well as the morals and customs of societies. Weiwei is a major artist on the contemporary art scene. His work is vast, nonconformist, provocative, and has earned him reprisals. Arrested by the Chinese government in 2011 for tax evasion, it was more for his activism and his criticism of Chinese society. He has contributed significantly to the evolution of his country's social reality; his art is a testament to his perception of the world and its challenges. He uses social media to disseminate his positions, via Twitter or his blog, by publishing photos and texts, and thus manages to reach a broad population with his numerous followers.
A politically engaged artist, he joined the avant-garde artists' collective "The Stars" in 1979 and thus promoted liberal values centered on freedom of expression and man as an individual in his own right, thus opposing the Socialist Realism promoted by the State. He draws his inspiration from artists such as Duchamp or Warhol , artists who have shaken up their time and are recognized for their criticism of society, just like Weiwei.
He created numerous sculptures using traditional Chinese cultural objects, such as porcelain vases and Qing Dynasty furniture, to depict a dual society, divided between individualism and collectivism. He participated in the construction of China's national stadium, named the "Bird's Nest," for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Ai Weiwei's works have been exhibited in the United States at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others, in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, Spain, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Australia, China, Korea, and in Japan at the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo.
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