Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly

Art, Human Rights, and the Power of Writing a Letter

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2018
Chronicle Books (Verlag)
978-1-4521-5929-4 (ISBN)

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Art legend Ai Weiwei invites readers to engage with an artwork and a cause in this powerful book.

Renowned artist Ai Weiwei engaged nearly 900,000 visitors in a conversation about human rights with his art installation @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. In one participatory piece, Yours Truly, visitors sent 92,829 postcards to prisoners of conscience around the world. This book delves into those postcards' lasting impact. Five former prisoners and their loved ones reflect on the experience of receiving hundreds of postcards while imprisoned. Essays and a statement by Ai Weiwei contextualize this extraordinary project. And photographs taken during the exhibition show visitors and the messages they wrote. The book also includes four pre-addressed, tear-out postcards, inviting readers—whether art lovers or activists—to send hope to individuals still imprisoned for defending human rights.

David Spalding is the executive director of Haines Gallery and consulting editor for the FOR-SITE Foundation. He lives in San Francisco. Ai Weiwei is among the world's most celebrated contemporary artists and is an outspoken critic of injustice. He lives in Berlin. Cheryl Haines is principal of Haines Gallery and founding executive director of the FOR-SITE Foundation. She lives in San Francisco. Jasmine Heiss has worked on criminal justice issues at the local, national, and global level, including for Amnesty International USA. She lives in Philadelphia.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.08.2018
Co-Autor	Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Haines
Zusatzinfo	Full-colour photographs throughout
Verlagsort	San Francisco
Sprache	englisch
Maße	184 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4521-5929-7 / 1452159297
ISBN-13	978-1-4521-5929-4 / 9781452159294
Zustand	Neuware