‎Obrist, Hans Ulrich‎
‎Ai Weiwei‎

‎Ai Weiwei Works: Beijing 1993-2003‎

‎Chin-Chin Yap, Jonathan Napack, Ai Weiwei: Ai Weiwei Works: Beijing 1993-2003. Beijing: Timezone 8, 2003. 148 pages, illustrated throughout in colour. Paperback. 27 x 22.5cms.‎

‎AI Weiwei : On the Table‎

‎, La Fabrica, 2015 Hardcover, 208 pages, ENG / CAT, 310 x 230 x 20 mm, NEW, illustrated in colour / b/w. ISBN 9788415691969.‎

‎Ai Weiwei: On the Table surveys the full scope of Weiwei's career, from his early days in 1980s New York to his present-day status as the best-known and most influential Chinese artist in the world. Work by this media-savvy activist calling for greater freedom in China can now be found in leading contemporary art museums and collections worldwide; the image of his taunting, irreverent middle finger imposed atop touristy monuments and landscape photos has become ubiquitous, his sunflower seed installations iconic. This volume includes previously unseen new work, as well as a range of key pieces from the past 35 years, presented in a beautiful clothbound format. Ai Weiwei (born 1957) spent his youth in exile, returning to Beijing at the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976. He lived in the US, mostly in New York, from 1981 to 1993, and in the wake of his exposure to the work of Warhol, Duchamp and Johns, began altering readymade objects and creating conceptually driven art. In 2008 he was commissioned as the artistic design consultant for the Beijing National Stadium built for the Summer Olympics. The artist has openly criticized the Chinese government and was famously incarcerated for 81 days in 2011 on no official charges.‎

‎Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt‎

‎Brown Elizabeth and Andrew Nairne (eds): Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt. Exhibition: Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, 2022. 132 pages, 75 colour illustrations. Paperback. 25 x 19cms. With a catalogue of the works in the exhibition and photographs of their layout, the book explores Ai Weiwei's art in relation to notions of thruth and authenticity, authority and liberty, as well as current geopolitical events such as the coronavirus pandemic. It includes an interview with the artist and an essay by him titled 'On Human Rights'.‎

‎With a catalogue of the works in the exhibition and photographs of their layout, the book explores Ai Weiwei's art in relation to notions of thruth and authenticity, authority and liberty, as well as current geopolitical events such as the coronavirus pandemic. It includes an interview with the artist and an essay by him titled 'On Human Rights'. Text in English‎

‎Ai Weiwei. Updated Edition‎

‎, Taschen, 2026 Hardcover, 25 x 33.4 cm, 4.29 kg, 736 pages, Edition: Multilingual (English, French, German) Very richly illustrated with coloured illustrations. *NEW. ISBN 9783754404270.‎

‎A global artist and activist The seminal Ai Weiwei monograph updated and enlarged Ai Weiwei is famous for much more than his art. As a champion for the right to free expression and against arbitrary state power, his actions reach far beyond the art world. His work is infused with a deep social and political commitment: when he brings 1,001 Chinese citizens from all classes and regions to Documenta 12, when he strews over 100 million hand-made porcelain sunflower seeds across the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, when he creates a frieze of school bags commemorating the many children who fell victim to the tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake, or when he visits the refugee camps of the world to engage with often-ignored individual fates in his film Human Flow. In 2011, Ai was detained for 81 days by the Chinese police for his relentless questioning of authorities, and his passport was taken away. Despite international protests he received it back only in 2015. Finally traveling outside of China again, setting up base in Berlin and lately in Portugal, he has now become a truly global artist, whose work is always informed by his activism and vice versa. Focusing on the recent decade of art and activism by one of the most outspoken artists of our time, this edition provides TASCHEN?s previous Ai Weiwei monograph with a comprehensive update. Now exploring 40 years of work, the book ranges from the artist?s exile in ?80s New York, through sculptures based in Chinese traditions and craftsmanship after his return to China, to his latest works conceived in Europe: toy-brick mosaics, films, and installations championing human rights. This book is itself a historical document: initially produced as the first in-depth monograph in close collaboration with the artist during a time when he still couldn?t travel abroad, now the same team has reconvened to continue the story. Countless images from Ai?s archives show the studio day-to-day, the artwork production, the political actions. They are accompanied by artist?s statements made especially for this book, and by three far-ranging essays: independent curator Roger M. Buergel and art historian Alfred Weidinger, who both worked with the artist on major exhibitions, discuss the work and its development in thematic detail, while long-time friend, the entrepreneur and collector Uli Sigg, delivers a personal portrait of the artist from two points in time.‎

‎Ai Weiwei. 40th Ed.‎

‎, TASCHEN , 2020 Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.24 kg, 512 pages , NEW ,Edition: English, French, German ISBN 9783836581950.‎

‎Renowned for his politics as much as for his art based on social intervention, a new approach to the readymade, and Chinese traditional crafts, Ai Weiwei?s fame extends beyond the art world. This monograph explores 30 years of work, from his exile in 80s New York to the art as social campaign that led to his detention.‎