AI WEIWEI AT BLENHEIM PALACE │ Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire → 14 December 2014

“Ɖs ōtm, Blenm Paḷs sīz ɖ lwnč v ɖ ny Blenm Ātfândešn, ẇč brñz an xîtñ ny prôgram v cntmprri āt bî līdñ inṭnašnl ātists t ɖ Paḷs. Ôpnñ on 1st Octobr, seḷbretd Čînīz ātist Ai Weiwei’z ljst YC xibišn lwnčz ɖ fândešn in Ai Weiwei at Blenm Paḷs, wɖ mr ɖn 50 ny n îconic ātwrcs on dsple ʈrt ɖ paḷs n its grândz.

Ātwrcs wl renj fṛm fôṭgrafs têcn bî Ai Weiwei ẇlst livñ in Ny Ywc jrñ ɖ 1980z, ʈru t a lj cāpit md ispeṣ̌li fr ɖ xibišn, ẇč wl b on dsple in ɖ Grt Hwl. Frɖr ātwrcs wl includ a tebl fwmd fṛm wŭd rclemd fṛm templz dêtñ t ɖ Ciñ Dîṇsti (1644–1911), intric̣tli hand-pêntd pwṣlenplêts, n Srcl v Animlz / Zôdiachedz: Gold, Ai Weiwei’z riintrpṛtešn v ɖ lejndri bronz zôdiached stačuz ɖt wns srândd ɖ fântincloc at Emprr Yuwnmñ Yuwn’z Bêžñ impirı̣l rtrit. Âr nyli rfrbišt rūm lcetd in ɖ Stêblz Cwtyād wl, fr ɖ frst tîm, b yzd az a gaḷrīspês.

Abt Ai Weiwei

Born in 1957 in Bêžñ, Ai Weiwei z wn v ɖ most influenšl culčṛl figrz v ɖ 21st senčri. A pṛlific ātist n sošl activist, bêst in Bêžñ, h hz bn a vôcl critc v dmocṛsi n hymn rîts [sic] in Čîna. Ai wz arstd in 2011 n held fr 81 dez wɖt čāj, spācñ glôbl prôtest. Hiz pāspwt wz confiscetd n h z cuṛntli dtend in Čîna, ẇr h livz n wrcs in rstrictd cndišnz.

Đ lwnč v ɖ Blenm Ātfândešn z a vri xîtñ mmnt fr Blenm Paḷs. W r dlîtd t b ebl t hôst an ātist v ɖ calibr n eminns v Ai Weiwei at Blenm n hôp ɖt âr ny prôgram v cntmprri āt, bginñ wɖ ɖs xibišn, wl čalinj n inspîr âr vizitrz.

Edẉd Spensr-Črčil, Fândr, Blenm Ātfândešn”

GAḶRI WEBSAIT


 


ẆT Đ PÊPRZ SE

ĀTLIST, 28 Ōġst 2014
Mev Ceṇdi, Đ GĀDỊN, 28 Ōġst 2014
Tim Mastrz, BBC NYZ, 26 Septmbr 2014
Jaci Vŭlšlāgr, Đ FNANŠL TÎMZ, 26 Septmbr 2014
Joṇʈn Jônz, Đ GĀDỊN, 26 Septmbr 2014
Mîcl Rodi, RŶTRZ, 26 Septmbr 2014


 

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