Tuesday, February 8, 2011

11.392 AI WEI WEI



AI WIE WIE. CHINESE ARTIST, CURATOR, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER, SOCIAL COMMENTATOR, AND ACTIVIST ESTABLISH THE EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS' GROUP BEIJING EAST VILLAGE AND PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS ABOUT THIS NEW GENERATION BLACK COVER BOOK (1994), WHITE COVER BOOK (1995), AND GRAY COVER BOOK (1997). FOCUSED AT EXPOSING CORRUPTION SCANDAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SICHUAN SCHOOLS THAT COLLAPSED DURING THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE FOR THIS HE CREATED THE INSTALLATION REMEMBERING MADE OUT OF 9000 CHILDREN'S BACKPACKS. IN CHINESE CHARACTERS. IN 2010, SUNFLOWER SEEDS WAS INSTALLED AT THE TATE MODERN TURBINE HALL, ONE HUNDRED MILLION PORCELAIN "SEEDS," HAND-PAINTED IN THE TOWN OF JINGDEZHEN BY 1,600 CHINESE ARTISANS. WIKI. VIEW HISTORY. 

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  1. CHINESE ARTIST, CURATOR, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER, SOCIAL COMMENTATOR, AND ACTIVIST ESTABLISH THE EXPERIMENTAL ARTISTS' GROUP BEIJING EAST VILLAGE AND PUBLISHED THREE BOOKS ABOUT THIS NEW GENERATION BLACK COVER BOOK (1994), WHITE COVER BOOK (1995), AND GRAY COVER BOOK (1997). FOCUSED AT EXPOSING CORRUPTION SCANDAL IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SICHUAN SCHOOLS THAT COLLAPSED DURING THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE FOR THIS HE CREATED THE INSTALLATION REMEMBERING MADE OUT OF 9000 CHILDREN'S BACKPACKS. IN CHINESE CHARACTERS. IN 2010, SUNFLOWER SEEDS WAS INSTALLED AT THE TATE MODERN TURBINE HALL, ONE HUNDRED MILLION PORCELAIN "SEEDS," HAND-PAINTED IN THE TOWN OF JINGDEZHEN BY 1,600 CHINESE ARTISANS.

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