Descripción

Paperback. 4to. (29 x 24 cm). In English and Turkish. 191 p., color ills. Ai Weiwei on porcelain.= Ai Weiwei porselene dair. [Exhibition catalogue]. With the support of Akbank, Sabanci University Sakip Sabanci Museum will host Ai Weiwei's first exhibition in Turkey, between the dates 12 September 2017 and 28 January 2018. The exhibition will showcase an extensive selection from the artist's oeuvre alongside new works. Focusing on Ai Weiwei's wide-ranging production in the medium of porcelain, the exhibition will present a narrative informed by the artist's life story and his approach to both the tradition of craftsmanship and art history. Within the scope of the exhibition, each stage of Ai Weiwei's prolific journey in porcelain will be presented with his iconic works. Transferring his contemporary message through the language of traditional Chinese craft, Ai Weiwei's art practice provides the viewer with a perspective on the paradoxes of our time. The exhibition offers a comprehensive view of Ai Weiwei's art practice through a structure built through recurrent themes in his works. Dealing with the concepts of authenticity, the transformation of the value systems throughout different eras and cultural history, Ai Weiwei's works call the viewers' understanding of cultural, artistic and historical values into question.