Main entry:

Merewether, Charles, contributor.

Title & Author:

Ai Weiwei : under construction / Charles Merewether.

Publication:

Sydney, Australia : University of New South Wales Press, 2008.

Description:

157 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Catalogue of an exhibition held 30 April - 28 July 2008 at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, and 1 May - 29 June 2008 at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 148-151) and index.
Preface / Gene Sherman -- Introduciton / Lisa Havilah -- Ruins in Reverse / Charles Merewether -- 1. Fork in the Road -- 2. Readymade New York -- 3. Matters of Perspective -- 4. Dropping China -- 5. Under the Hammer -- 6. Principles of Antinomy -- 7. Space In-Between -- 8. One and the Many -- 9. Duration Within Time -- 10. Matter of Fact -- 11. Being Chinese -- Artist's Biography.

Summary:

This strikingly designed book explores the questions of cultural violence and history in the work of controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Published to coincide with an April 30June 29 exhibition at Campbelltown Arts Centre, Ai Weiwei: Under Construction includes two new Sydney commissions.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781921410734 (pbk.)
1921410736 (pbk.)

Subject:

Ai, Weiwei Exhibitions.
Ai, Weiwei
Ai, Weiwei 1957-
Plastik
Installation

Form/genre:

Posters.
Exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog

Added entries:

Ai, Weiwei, artist.
Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, issuing body.
Campbelltown Arts Centre, issuing body.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287728
Call No.: BIB 229094
Status: Available