This book is the first comprehensive monograph on this key figure in China’s burgeoning art scene.
Ai Weiwei’s work is consistently innovative and unmistakably original, ranging from his sculptures and photographs to his numerous architectural commissions, and recalls the work of his artistic forebears Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys and Andy Warhol.
Often working with ancient materials – beams from destroyed temples, Han dynasty urns – Ai Weiwei (b.1957) creates ingenious sculptures that break new artistic ground while commenting on the rapid transformation of contemporary China.
