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.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, May 1-July 26, 2008, and at the Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney, May 2-June 29, 2008.
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.
Dust jacket unfolds to form a poster.

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
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781921410734 (pbk.)
1921410736 (pbk.)

Subject:

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

Form/genre:

Posters.
Exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

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