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To Fight with Crossed-Arms, in collaboration with MAP OFFICE [Gutierrez + Portefaix]

AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)

Name: To Fight with Crossed-Arms, in collaboration with MAP OFFICE [Gutierrez + Portefaix]
Brand: AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
Price: 15000.00 USD
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Closed: 15 May 2015

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To Fight with Crossed-Arms, in collaboration with MAP OFFICE [Gutierrez + Portefaix]

AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)

Price Realised USD 18,750

Closed: 15 May 2015

Price Realised USD 18,750

Closed: 15 May 2015

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AI WEIWEI (B. 1957)
To Fight with Crossed-Arms, in collaboration with MAP OFFICE [Gutierrez + Portefaix]
signed ‘GUTIERREZ + PORTEFAIX, Ai Weiwei’ (on the reverse of ‘To put a brick on the head’); numbered ‘14/18’ (on the reverse of each)
chromogenic print, in 4 parts
each image: 19 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (48.6 x 23.5 cm.) ; overall: 24 1/2 x 50 in. (62.2 x 127 cm.)

Special edition for the 52nd Venice Biennale of 18 + 2 AP
edition 14/18
Executed in 2007

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Lot Essay

Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential contemporary Chinese artists and activists. Transcending the bounds of East and West culture, his works often provoke thoughts on fundamental artistic, cultural, and social issues.

Similar to his preceding work (1995), the present lot (Lot 28) shows Ai in a series of four large photographs. Ai created this work with MAP Office, Laurent Gutierrez and Valérie Portefaix, who have been close friends with Ai. They were the ones waiting for him to arrive in Hong Kong, when Ai was detained on April 3rd, 2011. The four photographs “To hold a brick,” “To show a brick,” “To throw a brick,” and “To put a brick on the head” present what it means in four positions respectively – the architect, the curator, the critic, and the artist. The work’s title is derived from a quote by Marcel Duchamp. By using a brick in this art work, Ai gives credits to this humble every day building module in his architect/artist career in retrospect.