Ai Weiwei: In Search of Humanity by Dieter Buchhart
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Ai Weiwei is not only one of the most important contemporary artists; he is also an untiring activist and critic of authoritarian systems.
"Humanity" documents a major retrospective exhibition held at Abertina Modern between March and June 2022, which included key works from all phases of Ai Weiwei's career. The exhibition and this stunning monograph examine in detail the notions of humanity and artistic responsibility that are so central to the artist's practice, focusing on concepts such as surveillance, censorship, human rights, freedom of expression, human displacement, radical responsibility, the power of beauty, and the truth of poetry.
Ai Weiwei's artistic language is informed by a wide range of art-historical paradigms (such as the readymade) and driven by radical activist strategies, all aimed at exploring the extremes of the contemporary human condition on a global scale.
336 pp. hardcover
24.5 x 3.7 x 30.7 cm
2502 g
Published by Hirmer Verlag (August 2022)