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AI WEIWEI (b. 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>
Cercle des animaux/têtes du zodiaque : Or2010 bronze doré en 12 parties
Provenance
Friedman Benda, New York
Collection privée, acquise auprès de la personne susmentionnée, 2014
Sotheby's, New York, 15 novembre 2019, lot 441
Collection privée, acquise lors de la vente ci-dessus
Exposition
Montréal, Canada, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Zoo, mai-septembre 2012, pp. 68-77 et 218, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé).
San Diego, Californie, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Ai Weiwei : Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads : Gold, février - juillet 2012, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé)
East Hampton
...Plus.....New York, LongHouse Reserve, Ai Weiwei : Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads : Gold, août - octobre 2013, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé).
Moscou, Russie, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Personal Choice : Collectors' Selections From Their Own Collections, février - avril 2014 (un autre exemple exposé)
Dallas, Texas, The Crow Collection of Asian Art, Ai Weiwei : Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads : Gold, septembre 2013 - mars 2014, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé)
Berlin, Allemagne, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Ai Weiwei - Evidence, avril - juillet 2014 (un autre exemple exposé)
Oxfordshire, Angleterre, Blenheim Palace, Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace, octobre 2014 - avril 2015, pp. 92-99 et 140, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé).
Palm Springs, Californie, Palm Springs Museum of Art, Ai Weiwei : Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads : Gold, décembre 2014 - mai 2015, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé).
Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Ai Weiwei : Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads : Gold, mai - septembre 2015, illustré en couleur (un autre exemple exposé).
...MOINS.....
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"L'art doit être impliqué dans des conversations morales, philosophiques et intellectuelles. Si vous vous dites artiste, c'est votre responsabilité." - Ai Weiwei

Histoire

Ces douze sculptures représentent les animaux associés au zodiaque chinois traditionnel. Le cycle d'Ai Weiwei fait référence à une représentation européenne des animaux du zodiaque conçue par le jésuite italien Giuseppe Castiglione. Les sculptures originales ont été construites au dix-huitième siècle pour une fontaine à horloge à eau élaborée au Yuanming Yuan (ancien palais d'été), un vaste complexe de jardins et de pavillons situé à la périphérie de Pékin, construit sous le règne des empereurs de la dynastie Qing et autrefois accessible uniquement à l'élite de la société chinoise du dix-huitième siècle.

En 1860, pendant la seconde guerre de l'opium, les jardins impériaux furent saccagés, déplaçant les douze têtes du zodiaque. À ce jour, seulement sept d'entre eux ont été récupérés. D'une part, les têtes pillées rappellent un point bas du profil international du pays, le début du "siècle d'humiliation nationale" de la Chine. D'autre part, l'esprit nationaliste et la valeur que les objets représentent dans le monde de l'art ont suscité des appels au rapatriement.

Pour Ai, le zodiaque devient un terrain propice à la réinterprétation d'objets culturels à partir de ses propres connaissances historiques et de sa liberté artistique. Ai retravaille les douze créatures. Pour le dragon, le serpent, le bélier, le coq et le chien manquants, l'artiste fait des références stylistiques aux têtes existantes, tout en introduisant des influences des dynasties passées, ainsi qu'un réalisme scientifique. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads aborde les questions du pillage, du rapatriement et de l'héritage culturel, tout en développant des thèmes récurrents dans l'œuvre d'Ai concernant le "faux" et la "copie" par rapport à l'original. En tant qu'artiste conceptuel sensible aux artisans qui créent ses œuvres, l'artiste est capable de "produire quelque chose qui est une copie d'un original, mais pas une copie exacte - quelque chose qui a sa propre couche sensible de langages, qui sont différents, et qui porte la marque de notre propre époque".

Dans le cadre de sa mission permanente consistant à fournir des œuvres d'art exceptionnelles aux musées du monde entier, Heather James Fine Art a collaboré avec des musées pour prêter et présenter un ensemble d'œuvres au public, notamment le Farnsworth Museum (2018), le Tucson Museum of Art (2016), le Portland Museum of Art (2015) et le Phoenix Art Museum (2015). Ai Weiwei a créé deux séries de sculptures représentant les symboles animaliers du zodiaque chinois traditionnel : une édition monumentale en bronze destinée à être exposée à l'extérieur et cette édition dorée (en bronze) de plus petite taille destinée à être exposée à l'intérieur.

  • weiwei-Têtes du zodiaque-Farnsworth2
    Têtes de zodiaque au musée Farnsworth, Rockland, Maine
  • weiwei-Têtes du zodiaque-HJSF1
    Têtes de zodiaque chez Heather James, Palm Desert, Californie
  • AiWeiwei_ZodiacHeads_Portland_1
    Zodiac Heads au Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
  • weiwei-Têtes du zodiaque-Nevada2
    Têtes zodiacales au Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada
Une nation qui n'a ni musique ni contes de fées est une tragédie. - AI Weiwei

A propos de l'artiste

Ai Weiwei est un artiste, un architecte, un commissaire d'exposition et un critique social et culturel qui expose ses œuvres au niveau international depuis la fin des années 1990. Né à Pékin en 1957, il a étudié l'art et le cinéma en Chine avant de s'installer à New York en 1981, où il a fréquenté la Cooper Union. Ai est resté aux États-Unis pendant plus de dix ans, avant de retourner en Chine en 1997. Depuis lors, l'artiste a joué un rôle déterminant dans la promotion de la scène artistique émergente en Chine. La pratique artistique d'Ai est inextricablement liée à l'engagement culturel et franchit volontiers les barrières entre les différents médias - culturels, artistiques et sociaux. En 2008, l'artiste a attiré l'attention sur sa collaboration avec le cabinet d'architectes Herzog & de Meuron pour le "Nid d'oiseau", le stade olympique national chinois. Toutefois, c'est peut-être sa détention de 2011 à août 2015 par le gouvernement chinois qui a fait connaître ses opinions au plus grand nombre. Ai a récemment quitté la Chine et se trouve actuellement en Allemagne. Il continue de créer de nouvelles œuvres et utilise sa notoriété internationale pour promouvoir la liberté artistique et personnelle.

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  • Rendu de "Zodiac Animals" conçu par Giuseppe Castiglione
  • Stade "Nid d'oiseau" d'Ai Weiwei, Pékin, Chine
Si mon art n'a rien à voir avec la douleur et le chagrin des gens, à quoi sert l'"art" ? - Ai Weiwei

Ressources supplémentaires

Heather James Senior Curator Chip Tom donne une conférence sur le Cercle des animaux Ai Weiwei - les têtes du zodiaque : Or
Têtes zodiacales d'Ai Weiwei au National Museum of Wildlife Art - Placé par Heather James
L'art dans 60 minutes : Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei : partager son histoire et celle de son père et les problèmes de la Chine communiste | The Daily Show

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