Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Ai, Weiwei, artist.

Title:

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

Publisher, Date:

San Francisco, California : Chronicle Books, [2014]

Description:

189 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects:

Ai, Weiwei -- Exhibitions.

Site-specific installations (Art) -- California -- Alcatraz Island -- Exhibitions.

Alcatraz Island (Calif.) -- History.

Other Author:

Ai, Weiwei, artist, contributor.

Dean, Frank, contributor.

Moore, Greg, contributor.

Haines, Cheryl, contributor.

Kóvskaya, Maya, contributor.

Spalding, David, editor.

Other Title:

At Large : Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz

Notes:

"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."

"Published in asssciation with FOR-SITE Foundation."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface / Frank Dean and Greg Moore -- Introduction / Cheryl Haines -- Artist's Statement / Ai Weiwei -- Alcatraz Timeline -- Ai Weiwei @Large on Alcatraz / Maya Kóvskaya -- Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- Artworks. With Wind -- Trace -- Refraction -- Blossom -- Illumination -- Stay Tuned -- Yours Truly -- An Interview with Ai Weiwei / Hans Ulrich Obrist.

LCCN:

2014040318

ISBN:

9781452142760

1452142769

9781932519341

1932519343

Other Number:

883650548

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Control Number:

515892

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Call Number:

709.2 Ai