Ai Weiwei Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads New York City by AW Asia - 2011-08-01

AW Asia, 2011. Soft Cover. Very good/No jacket. Bottom corner of cover and bottom edge of spine are lightly bumped, but binding is tight. Inside is clean and unmarked.

New York: AW Asia, 2011. 51 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held May 2 to July 15, 2011 at the Pulitzer Fountain, Grand Army Plaza at Central Park, New York City; exhibition also held August 20, 2011 to February 12, 2012 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, and January 24 to May 1, 2016 at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

AW Asia, 2011. Paperback. New. 52 pages. 11.10x7.70x0.20 inches.

AW Asia. New. 2011. Paperback. 0978576497 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 52 pages. Publisher's description: "Ai Weiwei's work of sculpture Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads features twelve large-scale bronze animal heads, each depicting a segment of the ancient Chinese zodiac. As a major work of public art, it is an extraordinary accomplishment in its own right. But as this souvenir guide explains, the origins and the motivation behind the piece are as compelling as the work itself. Ai Weiwei based the sculpture on a complex zodiac fountain that was built for an imperial retreat in eighteenth-century China. When the retreat was looted by European soldiers, the fountain's bronze animal heads were stolen only seven of the twelve are known to survive. By reimagining the work, Ai Weiwei confronts uncomfortable truths within Chinese… Read More