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AI WEIWEI (n. 1957)

 
<div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div> <div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div> <div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div> <div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div> <div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div> <div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div> <div>The stands are: 32 H x 19-3/4 W x 19-3/4 D in.  Rat: 27 7/8 x 12 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Ox: 29 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 16 7/8 in. Tiger: 25 7/8 x 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Rabbit: 27 7/8 x 9 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Dragon: 35 7/8 x 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. Snake: 27 7/8 x 14 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. Horse: 29 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 22 in. Ram: 25 1/4 x 20 7/8 x 16 1/8 in. Monkey: 27 1/8 x 12 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Rooster: 24 x 9 x 16 7/8 in. Dog: 25 1/4 x 14 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. Boar: 27 1/8 x 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in.  World-renowned Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is a sculptor, installation artist, architectural designer, curator, and social and cultural critic who has been exhibiting his work internationally since the late 1990s. His artistic practice is inextricably linked with cultural engagement and willingly crosses barriers between different media—cultural, artistic, and social. It was perhaps his detention from 2011 until August 2015 by the Chinese government that brought his views to the greatest audience. Ai Weiwei now lives in Germany and continues to create new works and uses his significant international profile to promote artistic and personal freedom.  These twelve sculptures depict the animals associated with the traditional Chinese zodiac. Ai Weiwei’s cycle references a European rendering of the zodiac animals designed by the Italian Jesuit Giuseppe Castiglione. The original sculptures were built in the eighteenth century for an elaborate water-clock fountain at the Yuanming Yuan (Old Summer Palace), which was ransacked in 1860. By recreating the lost and displaced statues, Ai Weiwei engages issues of looting, repatriation, and cultural heritage while expanding upon ongoing themes in his work concerning the “fake” and “copy” in relation to the original.  Ai Weiwei now works in Berlin, Germany.</div>
Círculo de animales/cabezas del zodiaco: Oro2010 bronce dorado en 12 partes
Procedencia
Friedman Benda, Nueva York
Colección privada, adquirida a los anteriores, 2014
Sotheby's, Nueva York, 15 de noviembre de 2019, lote 441
Colección privada, adquirida en la venta anterior
Exposición
Montreal, Canadá, Musee d'art Contemporain de Montreal, Zoo, mayo-septiembre de 2012, pp. 68-77 y 218, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto).
San Diego, California, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Oro, febrero - julio de 2012, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto)
East Hampton
...Más...., Nueva York, LongHouse Reserve, Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Oro, agosto - octubre de 2013, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto).
Moscú (Rusia), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Personal Choice: Collectors' Selections From Their Own Collections, febrero - abril de 2014 (otro ejemplo expuesto)
Dallas, Texas, The Crow Collection of Asian Art, Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Oro, septiembre de 2013 - marzo de 2014, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto)
Berlín, Alemania, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Ai Weiwei - Evidence, abril - julio de 2014 (otro ejemplo expuesto).
Oxfordshire, Inglaterra, Blenheim Palace, Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace, octubre de 2014 - abril de 2015, pp. 92-99 y 140, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto)
Palm Springs, California, Museo de Arte de Palm Springs, Ai Weiwei: Círculo de animales/cabezas del zodiaco: Oro, diciembre de 2014 - mayo de 2015, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto)
Portland, Oregón, Portland Art Museum, Ai Weiwei: Círculo de animales/cabezas del zodiaco: Oro, mayo - septiembre de 2015, ilustrado en color (otro ejemplo expuesto)
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"El arte tiene que participar en conversaciones morales, filosóficas e intelectuales. Si te llamas a ti mismo artista, ésta es tu responsabilidad". - Ai Weiwei

Historia

Estas doce esculturas representan los animales asociados al zodiaco tradicional chino. El ciclo de Ai Weiwei hace referencia a una representación europea de los animales del zodiaco diseñada por el jesuita italiano Giuseppe Castiglione. Las esculturas originales se construyeron en el siglo XVIII para una elaborada fuente-reloj de agua del Yuanming Yuan (Antiguo Palacio de Verano), un vasto complejo de jardines y pabellones a las afueras de Pekín construido bajo el reinado de los emperadores de la dinastía Qing y antaño accesible sólo a la élite de la sociedad china del siglo XVIII.

En 1860, durante la Segunda Guerra del Opio, los jardines imperiales fueron saqueados, desplazando a las doce cabezas del zodíaco. Hasta la fecha sólo se han recuperado siete. Por un lado, las cabezas saqueadas recuerdan un punto bajo en el perfil internacional del país, el comienzo del "siglo de humillación nacional" de China. Por otra parte, el espíritu del nacionalismo y el valor que los objetos representan en el mundo del arte han suscitado llamamientos a la repatriación.

Para Ai, el zodiaco se convierte en forraje para la reinterpretación de objetos culturales a partir de su propio conocimiento histórico y libertad artística. Ai reelabora las doce criaturas. Para el dragón, la serpiente, el carnero, el gallo y el perro que faltan, el artista hace referencias estilísticas a las cabezas existentes, aunque introduce influencias de dinastías pasadas, así como del realismo científico. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads aborda cuestiones como el saqueo, la repatriación y el patrimonio cultural, al tiempo que profundiza en temas recurrentes en la obra de Ai como la "falsificación" y la "copia" en relación con el original. Como artista conceptual sensible a los artesanos que crean sus obras, el artista es capaz de "producir algo que es una copia de un original, pero no una copia exacta-algo que tiene su propia capa sensible de lenguajes, que son diferentes, y que lleva la marca de nuestro propio tiempo".

Como parte de su misión continua de proporcionar obras de arte excepcionales a museos de todo el mundo, Heather James Fine Art ha colaborado con museos para prestar y exhibir un conjunto para la experiencia pública, incluidos el Museo Farnsworth (2018), el Museo de Arte de Tucson (2016), el Museo de Arte de Portland (2015) y el Museo de Arte de Phoenix (2015). Ai Weiwei creó dos series de esculturas que representan los símbolos animales del zodiaco chino tradicional: una edición monumental en bronce para exponer al aire libre y esta, la edición dorada (de bronce), de menor escala, para exponer en interiores.

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    Cabezas del Zodiaco en el Museo Farnsworth, Rockland, Maine
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    Cabezas del Zodiaco en Heather James, Palm Desert, California
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    Cabezas del Zodiaco en el Museo de Arte de Portland, Oregón
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    Cabezas del Zodiaco en el Museo de Arte de Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Una nación sin música ni cuentos de hadas es una tragedia. - AI Weiwei

Sobre el Artista

Ai Weiwei es un artista, diseñador arquitectónico, comisario y crítico social y cultural que expone su obra internacionalmente desde finales de la década de 1990. Nacido en Pekín en 1957, estudió arte y cine en China antes de trasladarse a Nueva York en 1981, donde asistió a la Cooper Union. Ai permaneció en Estados Unidos durante más de una década, y regresó a China en 1997. Desde entonces, el artista ha desempeñado un papel decisivo en el fomento de la escena artística emergente de China. La práctica artística de Ai está inextricablemente ligada al compromiso cultural y cruza voluntariamente las barreras entre los distintos medios: culturales, artísticos y sociales. En 2008, el artista acaparó gran atención por su colaboración con el estudio de arquitectura Herzog & de Meuron para el "Nido de Pájaro", el Estadio Olímpico Nacional de China. Sin embargo, fue quizás su detención desde 2011 hasta agosto de 2015 por el gobierno chino lo que hizo que sus opiniones llegaran al mayor público. Ai ha abandonado China recientemente y ahora se encuentra en Alemania. Sigue creando nuevas obras y utiliza su importante perfil internacional para promover la libertad artística y personal.

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  • Representación de "Zodiac Animals", diseñado por Giuseppe Castiglione
  • Estadio "Nido de pájaros" de Ai Weiwei, Pekín, China
Si mi arte no tiene nada que ver con el dolor de la gente, ¿para qué sirve el arte? - Ai Weiwei

Recursos adicionales

El curador principal de Heather James, Chip Tom, habla sobre el Círculo de Animales Ai Weiwei - Cabezas de Zodíaco: Oro
Cabezas del Zodiaco de Ai Weiwei en el Museo Nacional de Arte Salvaje - Colocado por Heather James
Arte en 60 minutos: Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei: su historia, la de su padre y los problemas de la China comunista | The Daily Show

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