Ai Wei Wei / Hans Werner Holzwarth (eds.) / Cologne : Taschen : 2016

Bibliographic Record

Access Point

OA.AWW.48

Title and Statement of Responsiblity

Ai Wei Wei / Edited and designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth; texts: Roger M Buergel; Carlos Rojas,  William A Callahan, and James J Lally; Uil Sigg; interviews with the artist: Angie Baecker: Line editing and chronologies: Lutz Eitel; editorial team (Beijing): Chin-Chin Yap, Elisabeth Ramsey; Editorial team (Berlin): Julia Schneider, Anne Shreiber; English translations: Christopher Cordy, William Wheeler; German translation: Volker Ellerbeck, Bernhard Geyer; French translation: Wolf Fruhtrunk, Stephanie Lux, Chloe Stein; French editing: Marie-Liesse Zambeaux; tyesetting; Matthias Zschaler; Production: Horst Neuzner, Javier Bone-Carbone. 

Summarization of Content

Monograph exploring 30 years of work of the artist Ai Wei Wei. The book addresses each of the artist's career phases up to his release from Chinese custody. It contains visual materials tracing his artistic practice from his early days based in New York. 

Includes an interview with the artist and texts by Roger M Buergel; Carlos Rojas; William A Callahan; and James J Tally. 

Publication/Production/Distribution Information

Cologne, Germany : Tashchen , 2016

Identifier for Manifestation

ISBN: 978-3-8365-2649-4

Extent

599 pages (25.5cm x 34cm x 5cm )

Content Form and Media Type

still image , text : unmediated

Location

esea contemporary Library CollectionOversized Artists

Access and Use

Conditions on Access

This publication is available in the esea ResearchLab for non-commercial private research use.

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Keywords & Terms

On site ; catalogues raisonnés ; still images ; text ; unmediated ; English ; German ; French (Language) ; Latin (script) ; polychrome ; Silent ; books ; Artist's profiles ; installations (visual works) ; sculpture (visual works) ; photography ; ceramic ware ; performance art ; architecture

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