BUT IS IT ART?
Ai Weiwei
Fuck Off, 2000
“Fuck Off” (Chinese: 不合作方式; pinyin: Bù Hézuò Fāngshì) was a controversial contemporary art exhibition which ran alongside the Third Shanghai Biennale (2000) in Shanghai, China. The exhibition’s title translates as “Uncooperative Attitude” in Chinese, but the blunter English language sentiment was deemed preferable.[1] The exhibition encompassed conceptual, performance, and protest art.
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei skateboard decks designed for The Skateroom
“I think there is a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression.”
– Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Becoming, 2009
147 facsimile photographs in a traditional Chinese photo album format, cotton fabric cover, comes in a box with two silver locks of 99.9 silver
Signed by the artist
27 x 35 x 10.8 cm (10.6 x 13.7 x 4.2 in)
Edition of 45 + 3 AP
