Inv. No.S-2332
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.
Ai Weiwei, "Wo ist die Revolution?", 2019
S-2332, Front view
© Ai Weiwei
S-2332, Front view
© Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei, "Wo ist die Revolution?", 2019
S-2332, see Joseph Beuys, La rivoluzione siamo Noi, 1971
S-2332, see Joseph Beuys, La rivoluzione siamo Noi, 1971