Ai Weiwei book

Ai Weiwei's work is an audacious blend of old and new, Western and Eastern, serious and irreverent. He has translated the readymade into a new artistic language, fusing neolithic pottery, fourteenth-century doors and seventeenth-century temple beams into surprising, at times shocking sculptures.This book provides a comprehensive portrait of the artist, from his beginnings in Beijing to the renowned sculptor and architect he is today. It also discusses his vision of art and authority. In it, we discover one of his outstanding works, "Descending Light" (2007), as well as extracts from his blog, which attracts millions of readers each year.

• Authors: Karen Smith, Hans Ulrich, Bernard Fibicher, Ai Qing, Ai Weiwei
• English language
• Soft cover
• 160 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• ISBN-13 : 978-0714848891
• Dimensions : 11.5" x 10" (29 cm x 25 cm)