'EVIDENCE' AI WEIWEI EXHIBITION AT MARTIN GROPIUS BAU, BERLIN

“The Chinese sculptor, concept and installation artist, film-maker, book author and human rights activist Ai Weiwei is numbered amongst the most important representatives of contemporary Chinese art. His work has attracted international attention partly because in it he openly expresses criticism of his country’s government policy. Ai Weiwei pillories above all the Chinese government’s aggression towards dissidents. His criticism of the government and his anti- government activities have led to the artist himself being a victim of government power on several occasions. The present publication appears on the occasion of Ai Weiwei’s biggest exhibition so far worldwide. Many of the works were made especially for this major exhibition.

 

Much of Ai Weiwei’s work is a reflection of his own feelings of imprisonment, rage, and powerlessness. This book offers reproductions of the approximately 50 works in the exhibition, some of which were specially created for Berlin’s Martin-Gropius-Bau museum, and some even more specifically for the building’s enormous glass-topped atrium. From large installations to smaller dioramas, these works present Ai’s most recent artistic expressions of resistance, courage, and historical truth.”