Galleria Continua is thrilled to present in its exhibition space in Beijing the show Ai Weiwei. For the first time in his life, the famous Chinese artist designs and realizes a solo exhibition in his home country, following the entire development of the project from conception to realization in situ.
Wang Jiaci, an ancestral temple of Ming age, today is the hub of Ai Weiwei’s monumental project, an ancient building which was disassembled into more than 1500 pieces and meticulously re-built inside two exhibitive areas: Galleria Continua and Tang Contemporary Art Center, crossing the wall that divides the two galleries.
The choice to bring a predominant installation with imposing structure, cultural importance and aesthetic beauty inside an exhibition and two galleries, aimed at setting conditions of “totality” where the environment, which is no longer physical but also temporal and social, becomes an essential aspect of the work.
The exhibition conceived for the two galleries represents an ambitious process that exalts the complex nature of the artist and key points around which his art revolves: an obsequious respect for the Chinese tradition combined with the great ability to offer ancient themes in modern key, in addition to constant social and political awareness.
Spouts installation (detail), 2015. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei and Galleria Continua. Photo by Oak Taylor-Smith
Wang family ancestral hall, 2015. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei and Galleria Continua. Photo by Oak Taylor-Smith
Spouts installation, 2015. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei and Galleria Continua. Photo by Oak Taylor-Smith
Crystal pillar foundation, 2015. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei and Galleria Continua. Photo by Oak Taylor-Smith
AI WEIWEI
06.06.2015 – 31.12.2015
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