| Description |
219 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
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| Note |
"Published in association with AW Asia, New York, on the occasion of the traveling installation Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-214) and index. |
| Contents |
Headlong into history / Susan Delson -- Circle of animals/zodiac heads : bronze, texts by / Paola Dematte -- "My work is always a readymade" : interview with Ai Weiwei -- Monkey king makes havoc : Ai Weiwei conducts a carnival of the animals / Karen Smith -- The original and the copy : Ai Weiwei and the fate of the zodiac heads / Charles Merewether -- Circle of animals/zodiac heads : gold -- Circle of animals/zodiac heads and the twelve-animal cycle in China / Paola Demattè -- Mid-Qing arts and Jesuit visions : visual encounters and exchanges in 18th-century Beijing / Marco Musillo -- Heads of state : looting, nationalism, and repatriation of the Zodiac bronzes / Kristina Kleutghen -- The heads at auction : two experts weigh in / Lark E. Mason & Joe-Hynn Yang -- The zodiac heads and the auction block / Colin Jones. |
| Summary |
This title looks at Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Heads', his twelve large bronze animal heads depicting the ancient Chinese zodiac. |
| Subject |
Ai, Weiwei. Circle of animals/Zodiac heads (Bronze) -- Exhibitions.
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Ai, Weiwei. Circle of animals/Zodiac heads (Gold) -- Exhibitions.
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Ai, Weiwei -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Ai, Weiwei -- Interviews.
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Animal sculpture -- China -- Exhibitions.
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Zodiac in art -- Exhibitions.
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Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China) -- History.
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Art thefts -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Delson, Susan.
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AW Asia (Organization)
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Circle of animals |
| ISBN |
9783791346366 |
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3791346369 |
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