Front view
Inv. No.S-2332
ArtistAi Weiweiborn 1957 in Beijing, China, People's Republic of
Title

"Wo ist die Revolution?"


Edition Ai Weiwei

Year2019
Medium

pigment-based inkjet print on Canson PJ Posterpapier 180g

Dimensions190 x 100 cm
Edition36/180 (+10 a.p.)
Signature

signed and numbered on recto (ink)

Comment

For the exhibition at K20/K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ai Weiwei has created a new photographic self-portrait, which depicts the artist in a brisk stride. Ai Weiwei pays homage to Joseph Beuys as he quotes his famous poster La rivoluzione siamo Noi from 1971. When Ai Weiwei once again raises the question of revolution almost 50 years later, his knowledge of the mythologizing perspective regarding the connection between art and politics resonates.

S-2332, "Wo ist die Revolution?"
Ai Weiwei, "Wo ist die Revolution?", 2019
S-2332, Front view
© Ai Weiwei
S-2332, see Joseph Beuys, La rivoluzione siamo Noi, 1971
Ai Weiwei, "Wo ist die Revolution?", 2019
S-2332, see Joseph Beuys, La rivoluzione siamo Noi, 1971