Title & Author:

Ai Weiwei : good fences make good neighbors / Nicholas Baume with texts by Daniel S. Palmer and Katerina Stathopoulou ; foreword by Susan K. Freedman.

Publication:

New York : Public Art Fund, [2019]
New Haven : Yale University Press

Description:

303 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), color maps ; 32 cm

Notes:
The art of political landscaping / Nicholas Baume -- Ai Weiwei in conversation with Nicholas Baume -- Midtown Manhattan -- Gilded cage -- Banners -- Uptown Manhattan -- Bronx & Queens -- Bus shelters -- Circle fence -- Brooklyn & Staten Island -- Good neighbors -- Downtown Manhattan -- Exodus -- Odyssey -- Chrystie Street fence -- Bowery fence -- 7th Street fence -- Five fences -- Arch -- Mending wall / Robert Frost.

Summary:

"A comprehensive presentation of Ai Weiwei's recent public art exhibition Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, a powerful reflection on the global refugee crisis. Internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) transformed over 300 sites across New York City into a compelling, ambitious public art exhibition concerned with the global refugee and migration crises. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors (on view from October 2017 to February 2018) consisted of immersive large-scale sculptures for city monuments, fences on building facades and bus stops, and portraits of refugees and immigrants displayed on outdoor banners. This publication documents the extraordinary project from conception to final installation, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the research, preparatory drawings, planning, and fabrication that brought it to life. The book includes an in-depth interview with Ai Weiwei about the project's personal significance, an essay by curator Nicholas Baume, and statements from a wide variety of individuals--including Olafur Eliasson, David Miliband, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Jorge Ramos, among many others--about their interactions with the artworks. As Baume asserts, 'Ai Weiwei created a remarkable model for what great public art strives to be--emotionally engaging and politically resonant, conceptually and formally inventive yet broadly accessible.'"-- Provided by publisher.
"Internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) transformed over 300 sites across New York City into a compelling, ambitious public art exhibition concerned with the global refugee and migration crises. Good Fences Make Good Neighbors (on view from October 2017 to February 2018) consisted of immersive large-scale sculptures for city monuments, fences on building facades and bus stops, and portraits of refugees and immigrants displayed on outdoor banners. This publication documents the extraordinary project from conception to final installation, giving a behind-the-scenes look at the research, preparatory drawings, planning, and fabrication that brought it to life"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780300243796 (hardback)
0300243790 (hardback)

Subject:

Ai, Weiwei Criticism and interpretation.
Ai, Weiwei.
Public art New York (State) New York.
Conceptual art New York (State) New York.
Installations (Art) New York (State) New York.
Art conceptuel New York (État) New York.
Installations (Art) New York (État) New York.
ART / Individual Artists / Monographs.
ART / History / Contemporary (1945-).
ART / Asian.
ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General.
Public art New York (State)
Conceptual art New York (State)
Installations (Art) New York (State)
Art and Design.
Conceptual art.
Installations (Art)
Public art.
Refugees in art.
Immigrants in art.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Baume, Nicholas, author, interviewer, curator.
Palmer, Daniel S., author.
Stathopoulou, Katerina, author.
Ai, Weiwei. Works. Selections.

Good fences make good neighbors

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305376
Call No.: BIB 251201
Status: Available