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@large : Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz / edited by David Spalding.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2015Description: pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781452142760 (hardback)
Other title:
  • At large : Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.2 23
LOC classification:
  • N7349.A5 A4 2015
Other classification:
  • ART016020 | ART006000
Contents:
Artist's Statement / Ai Weiwei -- Alcatraz Timeline -- Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz / Maya Kóvskaya -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Artworks -- Map -- New Industries Building: With Wind, Trace Refraction -- The Hospital and Psychiatric Observation Cells: Blossom, Illumination -- A-Block: Stay Tuned -- The Dining Hall: Yours Truly -- An Interview with Ai Weiwei / Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Summary: "Working from his studio in China, internationally acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei has created a major series of site-specific installations for Alcatraz Island. In this essential catalog, beautiful photographs of the large-scale artworks provide an comprehensive look at this important project, while thought-provoking texts and archival vintage images proffer cultural and historical context"--
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Sonoma Academy Library 709.2 WEI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 500260
Total holds: 0

"This book has been published on the occasion of the exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, on view from September 24, 2014 to April 26, 2015."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Artist's Statement / Ai Weiwei -- Alcatraz Timeline -- Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz / Maya Kóvskaya -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Artworks -- Map -- New Industries Building: With Wind, Trace Refraction -- The Hospital and Psychiatric Observation Cells: Blossom, Illumination -- A-Block: Stay Tuned -- The Dining Hall: Yours Truly -- An Interview with Ai Weiwei / Hans Ulrich Obrist.

"Working from his studio in China, internationally acclaimed artist and activist Ai Weiwei has created a major series of site-specific installations for Alcatraz Island. In this essential catalog, beautiful photographs of the large-scale artworks provide an comprehensive look at this important project, while thought-provoking texts and archival vintage images proffer cultural and historical context"--

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