Anticipation: Ai Weiwei

[Abrogate]

No official word yet, but here's the announcement from the LA Times.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/ar ... z2wR5Bz6aM

I wasn't familiar with the subject and had to do a little digging. Here's his wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

[Abrogate]

[Solar]

Killer

[mllk]

wow!

[submethod]

Wow!

[conartstudio]

I wasn't familiar with the subject and had to do a little digging. Here's his wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

you're not familiar with Ai Weiwei?

here's his thread:
http://forum.thegiant.org/viewtopic.php ... =Ai+Weiwei

[JErikR]

I don't want him on my wall, but really cool image. Love the "beard on fire" treatment.

[Abrogate]

I wasn't familiar with the subject and had to do a little digging. Here's his wiki article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei

you're not familiar with Ai Weiwei?

here's his thread:
http://forum.thegiant.org/viewtopic.php ... =Ai+Weiwei

I guess I was behind the times.
Thanks for the link, some cool stuff there. The Zodiac/Chinese Calendar sculptures are pretty sweet.

[rlbchef]

very nice

[EFE]

Haroshi posted a photo of his studiovisit . Nice canvas on the left and behind Shep.

[password]

[password]

https://www.facebook.com/arrestedmotion ... =1&theater

[Stonecutterjeff]

tickets go on sale april 1st. will the print be sold then or when the show starts on april 18th?

April 18–August 10, 2014
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th and 5th Floors

Ai Weiwei: According to What? will have a special admission fee, and advance tickets will go on sale online Tuesday, April 1. Free for Members.

Ai Weiwei is one of China’s most prolific and provocative contemporary artists. Featuring over thirty works spanning more than twenty years, Ai Weiwei: According to What? explores universal topics of culture, history, politics, and tradition, showcasing the artist’s remarkably interdisciplinary career as a photographer, sculptor, architect, and activist.

These works spotlight issues of freedom of expression, as well as individual and human rights both in China and globally. Many use minimal forms and methods, while others manipulate traditional furniture, ancient pottery, and daily objects in ways that question cultural values and challenge political authority.

Ai is best known for projects such as his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron on the 2008 Beijing Olympic National Stadium, as well as his embrace of the Internet and social media as a platform for his activism. Despite his arrest and eighty-one-day detention in 2011, Ai has continued to create art that transcends dualities between East and West.

Ai Weiwei: According to What? is organized by the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo. It is curated by Mami Kataoka, Mori Art Museum Chief Curator, and the Brooklyn presentation is organized by Sharon Matt Atkins, Managing Curator of Exhibitions, Brooklyn Museum.

This exhibition in Brooklyn has been made possible by Lisson Gallery, Mary Boone Gallery, the Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation, the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Galerie Urs Meile, and the Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Exhibition Fund. Additional support is provided by the American Chai Trust for education and public programs.

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/ai_weiwei/

[cybernigel]

It's cool because he can later re-release this as a Confucius print.

[conartstudio]

http://www.obeygiant.com/headlines/shep ... -ai-weiwei

The Ai Weiwei print will be available as a limited edition of 375; the artist is donating 100 posters to the Brooklyn Museum, which will present an Ai Weiwei retrospective exhibition, “Ai Weiwei: According to What?” from April 18 through August 10, 2014. Thanks to Pace Prints for their support.

18 x 24 inch screen print.
Signed and numbered edition of 375.
Photography by Gao Yuan, 2010

better photo:

[whyhoo]

sounds like we may see an OG drop as only 100 are going to the museum

[summoner]

sounds like we may see an OG drop as only 100 are going to the museum

Hopefully that is the same with Marley.

[DunDun]

At this rate Shepard is going to remembered more for this portraits of famous figures in history(Ali, Obama, Marcos, etc) than anything else.

[Stonecutterjeff]

Asked Pace Prints today if they had any info. This is all I got.

"Hi ,
The print will be available through Shepard Fairey's website, with others available through the Brooklyn Museum. Shepard will be updating his site with release date information. You can find out more info here: http://www.obeygiant.com/headlines/shep ... -ai-weiwei
Thanks!"

So looks like a online release of 275. Wonder if their be a different price point. Could see museum selling those 100 at a mark up for a donation to the museum. But I'm also new to the print game so I have no clue.

[JErikR]

At this rate Shepard is going to remembered more for this portraits of famous figures in history(Ali, Obama, Marcos, etc) than anything else.

That's a good thing.

[Stonecutterjeff]

Just got this email from the Brooklyn Museum. The partner level starts at 375. I guess i have to wait for the online drop.


Dear Mr. ,

Thank you for your interest in the Shepard Fairey's special limited edition portrait of Ai Weiwei.

This print will be available for sale this spring exclusively to Brooklyn Museum Members at the Partner level and above as one of the special benefits surrounding Ai Weiwei. Members will receive information on the terms of sale. Please visit our Membership page for more information on joining the Museum - and be sure to visit this groundbreaking exhibition, opening April 17 exclusively for Members and April 18 for the general public!

Thank you and kind regards,

Brooklyn Museum Membership Office

[shawndoc]

:: snicker ::

[jjttdw]

Just got this email from the Brooklyn Museum. The partner level starts at 375. I guess i have to wait for the online drop.


Dear Mr. ,

Thank you for your interest in the Shepard Fairey's special limited edition portrait of Ai Weiwei.

This print will be available for sale this spring exclusively to Brooklyn Museum Members at the Partner level and above as one of the special benefits surrounding Ai Weiwei. Members will receive information on the terms of sale. Please visit our Membership page for more information on joining the Museum - and be sure to visit this groundbreaking exhibition, opening April 17 exclusively for Members and April 18 for the general public!

Thank you and kind regards,

Brooklyn Museum Membership Office

oooof. I had a mule lined up too.

[summoner]

Cost of Expression
Screen Print
18 x 24
Edition of 375
2014
$60
Purchase limit of 1 per person / household.
Release date: Tuesday April 8, 2014 between 1 and 2pm in PRINTS

Be there or be a crybaby that talks garbage and follows you from forum to forum.

[voice1]

Not signed by Ai Weiwei I am assuming?