Ai Weiwei / by Smith, Karen, B.A., Obrist, Hans-Ulrich., Fibicher, Bernhard., Ai, Weiwei.

So Sorry––Never Sorry. Ai Weiwei’s Art between Tradition and Modernity by Tania Becker

“…Ai Weiwei’s 艾未未 (b. 1957) artistic expression revolves around his use of traditional Chinese techniques to create new designs and forms, shaping traditional materials into contemporary configurations. …”
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From the Earth to the World. Ai Weiwei's Functional Dante Reference in the Music Album <i>The Divine Comedy</i> (2013) and in the Lego Portrait <i>Dante Alighieri in LEGO</i> (2016) by Daniel Brandlechner

“…This article sets out to illuminate two intermedial Dante references in the artwork of the Chinese-western artist Ai Weiwei: the music album The Divine Comedy (2013) and the Lego portrait Dante Alighieri in LEGO (2016). …”
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El arte ante los contextos y las temporalidades. En búsqueda de un pensar situado: una lectura de Byung-Chul Han by María José Melendo

“…Por su parte, se pondrá en diálogo el concepto de lo “pulido” en Han con la propuesta artística del artista chino AiWeiwei, que alude a los flujos migratorios no deseados y a la crisis humanitaria que éstos evidencian en nuestro presente.…”
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Glass as a Fine Art Medium: Brief History and the Role of Adriano Berengo as a Fine Art Glass Impresario by Goshka Bialek

“…The article discusses the impact of his efforts to establish cooperation with great names from all over the world, from Ai Weiwei to Tony Cragg and from Jaume Plensa to César, who have passed through Adriano Berengo’s studio.…”
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'Civilising' China: visualising wenming in contemporary Chinese art by Holmes, R, Rosalind Holmes

“…Individual chapters focus on the work of Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, Liu Gang, Wang Jin and Ai Weiwei amongst others. Taken together they provide an emic account of artistic praxis that seeks to understand contemporary art from China on its own terms.…”