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Tag Archives: Ai Weiwei

1. Zodiacs by Ai Weiwei coming to Seattle in the fall

         The larger than life Zodiac heads by Ai Weiwei that are coming to Volunteer Park  this fall( too bad not there for the summer) represent the following animals in the usual order: Pig, Dog, Rooster, Monkey, Goat, Horse, Snake, Dragon, Rabbit, Tiger, Ox, Rat.  Each of these Zodiac animals have specific traits […]

   This entry was posted on May 18, 2025 and is filed under Conceptual Art, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized.

   Tags: Ai Weiwei, China, earthquake in China, refugees

2. Ai Weiwei in Seattle!

   Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of AiWeiwei Ai, Rebel runs until September 7 at Seattle Art Museum; Water Lilies Lego opens March 19 at Asian Art Museum; Circle of Animals: Zodiac Heads opens May 17 at Olympic Sculpture Park.   Tree, Wood, 2009-2010, with FOONG Ping, exhibition curator and SAM’s Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art( in […]

   This entry was posted on April 21, 2025 and is filed under Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, Contemporary Art, Culture and Human rights, economic imperialism vs democracy, Uncategorized.

   Tags: Ai Weiwei, Detention, earthquake in China, historic Chinese culture, Migration

3. Beyond the Mountain at the Asian Art Museum

         FOONG Ping, Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art here introduces her new show “Beyond the Mountain: Contemporary Chinese artists on the Classical Forms” to our press corps in Seattle. I have to warn you that I am a Ping groupie, I think she is really brilliant based on her lecture to members […]

   This entry was posted on August 30, 2022 and is filed under Uncategorized.

   Tags: Ai Weiwei, and Tai Xiangzhou;, FOONG Ping, Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art. The artists on view are Chen Shaoxiong, Lam Tung Pang, Yang Yongliang, Zhang Huan

4. @Large Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

   @Large Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz is a brilliant installation about detention and freedom in the former federal prison. Using kites, lego, porcelain, music, poetry, and postcards, @Large conveys the nightmare of detentio

   This entry was posted on May 18, 2015 and is filed under Art and Activism, Contemporary Art, Detained, dragons, global justice, Uncategorized.

   Tags: @Large, Ai Weiwei, Alcatraz, Bahrain, Blossom, Detention, San Francisco, SITE, Trace, With Wind

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