Ai WeiWei

Ai Weiwei's "Bang" consists of 886 ancient stools, all sprung around a room, as if an explosion had just gone off. This is consistent with Ai Weiwei's typical way of using prized Chinese objects and turning them into a different type of art. This piece was made in 2013 and was displayed in

Venice Biennale along side 3 of his other pieces. The total structure takes up an entire room, and is visible from 360 degrees. This is part of several different sculptures Ai Weiwei had made with the ancient stools.

Wei wei

Wei wei took an ancient vase and repurposed It with the logo Coca Cola this was seen as an activist movement. Even though he knew he was under surveillance  he still continued to repurpose old artifacts and make them into something new and unique.

Ai Weiwei

Weiwei's art is a blend of traditional Chinese history and contemporary practice that is seen as a form of human rights activism. A good example of this is his Coca-Cola Vase. Weiwei took a Han-dynasty traditional vase and juxtaposed it with the contemporary soda logo. Ai Weiwei did not intend for this work to shock people.  Although he did alter an ancient artifact the piece is not intended to deface and defile his ancestry. It represents the new Chinese language which is built upon heredity but accelerated by global capitalism.

Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist,  activist, architect, photographer, and filmmaker. I found this sculpture interesting that he made a tree sculpture out of parts of other trees. To make it he used dry, dead branches from many different kinds of trees. He used the many pieces to mimic a real tree but left the many different kinds visible. Weiwei has made 15 sculptures similar to this one. 

Ai Weiwei

Al Weiwei is an activist and contemporary artist. In fact, he is one of the most famous Chinese artist. Weiwei created this sculpture known as "Tree" in 2010. The medium of this sculpture is dead dry branches and several different types of tree trunks and roots. I find it intriguing that the he made this tree sculpture out of what a tree is composed of. I enjoy this sculpture because the medium he used allowed him to add texture and detail to make it truly look like a tree. However, even though you can tell it is a tree, it looks like a very old dead tree. Apparently, Weiwei used dead branches/roots/trunks to symbolize the rapid growth of urbanization in China, which resulted in harming nature.

Fragments

Ai WeiWei used antique wood from dismantled Qing Dynasty temples to form an irrational structure, but actually maps out the borders of China. I like how it is a merging of old and new, with the new stools and the antique wood. It interesting how WeiWei takes old pieces of Chinese culture and gives it a new meaning or message. The contrast in the colors of the wood makes it a puzzle for the eyes.

Segal

Siegel made this out of the holocst memorial. And I think it’s very powerful but yet so simple at the same time. The barbed wires make It so realistic and they have pictures like this from history so the vision isn’t far fetched