ISBN  9783037642108

Ai Weiwei


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Autor  Weiwei Ai
Editorial  Jrp Ringier
Categoria  Arte
Condicion  Nuevo

In 2007 Ai Weiwei the well-known Chinese artist architect curator and filmmaker presented "Fairytale" at documenta 12 in Kassel: he invited 1 001 Chinese citizens of different ages and from various backgrounds to Germany to experience Europe s most innovative five-yearly art event and live their own fairytale for 28 days.Although widely discussed in the press the project hardly fond commentaries worthy of it in terms of scope and interest. Thus the publication intends to bring forth and reflect upon it by publishing an extensive documentation which in this particular case is an integral part of the project as well as by soliciting critical commentaries a posteriori and from a diverse range of viewpoints.The book includes texts commissioned from several authors – Daniel Birnbaum Director of Moderna Museet Stockholm; Roger M. Buergel Artistic Director of documenta 12; Raphael Gygax Curator at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst Zurich; Christian Höller Editor of Springerin magazine Vienna; and Catherine Wood Curator of Contemporary Art/Performance at Tate Modern London-an interview realized at the opening of documenta by Fu Xiao-Dong as well as documents photographs and questionnaires produced over the course of the project.In the end this book highlights the conditions of production of a work which notably called into question the foundations of participation in documenta as a global manifestation of contemporary art and of which the ideological curatorial and artistic parameters become more and more problematic with each new edition.Published with Galerie Urs Meile Beijing/Lucerne..


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