Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

Name: Ai Weiwei: Making Sense
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781872005638
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Ai Weiwei: Making Sense is an exploration of the thought-provoking works of contemporary artist Ai Weiwei, delving into his creative process and artistic philosophy. It offers insights into his groundbreaking installations, sculptures, and activism, reflecting on how he uses art to comment on social and political issues. This book provides an engaging narrative of how Weiwei blends traditional techniques with modern themes to challenge the status quo in the arts and beyond.
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Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

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The first book to dive exclusively into Ai Weiwei's approach to design and collecting, shedding light on the value we ascribe to everyday objects.

Artist, film-maker, architect, activist, collector—whatever mode Ai Weiwei is in, he is trying to tell us something about the state of the world. Ai Weiwei: Making Sense presents Ai's work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values. Confronted by the rapid pace of change in his country, Ai became fascinated by Chinese antiquities.

His vast collections of historical artefacts, from Stone Age tools to broken teapot spouts, attest to the way the language of objects speaks across the ages. Is this a classic tale of technical progress, or have we lost crucial qualities with the march of time?

Ai invites us to make sense of these objects as he explores the tensions between past and present, hand and machine, precious and worthless, construction and destruction.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781872005638

Publisher: Design Museum

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Design Museum

Illustration: 160 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Justin McGuirk

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 1000g

Pages: 224

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Justin McGuirk is chief curator at the Design Museum and the director of Future Observatory.

Contributors:
Brian Dillon, Rachel Hajek, Julia Lovell, Tim Marlow, Justin McGuirk, Wang Shu, Eyal Weizman