He Xie
Ceramics- Sculpture
- Contemporary Art
2011- Contemporary
5.0 x 10.0 cm
Musée Oscar Niemeyer
He Xie consists of 1 000 individual crabs hand-crafted in porcelain. He xie means “river crab,” a delicacy in China. The work celebrates the ironic banquet the artist organized after Chinese authorities gave demolition orders for his newly constructed studio in Shanghai in 2010. As hundreds of friends and supporters congregated at the studio in Shanghai to feast on river crabs, Ai was placed under house arrest and prevented from attending his own party. His studio was later demolished in early 2011 without advance warning. According to Ai, “In different dynasties, people used to make sculptures of crabs using jade, bamboo or onyx. When the Gang of Four was arrested, in 1976, many artists did paintings of crabs to celebrate.” The words he xie also sounds similar to the Chinese word for “harmony.” The phrase alludes to the political struggle between the Chinese government and society in the name of maintaining a “harmonious society.” Chinese citizens, especially those on the Internet, use the expression in reference to censorship.
Ai Weiwei (1957 –)
Ai Weiwei : Sculpteur et photographe engagé, il défie les normes esthétiques traditionnelles chinoises et utilise son art pour dénoncer les injustices sociales et politiques. Ses œuvres emblématiques comme "Sunflower Seeds" témoignent de sa lutte pour la liberté d'expression et marquent l'histoire de l'art contemporain chinois.
Musée Oscar Niemeyer (Curitiba, Brésil)
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À propos de cette œuvre
- Titre: He Xie
- Artiste: Ai Weiwei
- Année: 2011
- Dimensions originales: 5.0 x 10.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Statut du droit d'auteur: Protégé par le droit d'auteur
- Où le voir: Musée Oscar Niemeyer
- Technique mixte: Ceramics
- Époque: Contemporary
- Période de création: Mature Period
L'essentiel de l'œuvre
- Dimensions: 5 x 10 cm
- Medium: Hand-crafted porcelain
- Artist: Ai Weiwei
- Title: He Xie
- Notable elements or techniques: 1,000 individual porcelain crabs
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