Ai Weiwei Marble Surveillance Camera at Jason Lyon blog

Ai Weiwei Marble Surveillance Camera. From royal academy of arts, ai weiwei, surveillance camera (2010), marble, 39.2 × 39.8 × 19 cm In surveillance camera, left, ai weiwei sourced marble from an imperial chinese quarry to craft a perfect, polished surveillance. Rendered in white marble, surveillance camera is an iconic work from ai weiwei’s influential practice that succinctly captures his social. The marble cctv camera that has become a symbol of ai's battles with government surveillance is on show. For many critics, this exhibition marks the moment. Ai weiwei, surveillance camera, 2010, marble, installation view. Camera with plinth monumentalizes in marble the surveillance camera, symbolic of the pervasive nature of surveillance in most societies today. His “surveillance camera with plinth” (2014) squats close by, in which the marble cctv head perches on a pedestal modelled after a lamppost from the northern qi dynasty. Surveillance plays on this concept of observation and state intervention by documenting the changes in ai’s life after his detention period. Ai weiwei’s ability to strike a balance between art objects for aesthetic and intellectual contemplation on the one hand, and a sustained and forceful critique of the chinese political establishment on the other, has made him a potent cultural and political force in recent years. Followed by cameras and secret police, ai makes a point of tracking the movements of the people who track him.

In surveillance camera, left, ai weiwei sourced marble from an imperial chinese quarry to craft a perfect, polished surveillance. Surveillance plays on this concept of observation and state intervention by documenting the changes in ai’s life after his detention period. Camera with plinth monumentalizes in marble the surveillance camera, symbolic of the pervasive nature of surveillance in most societies today. Rendered in white marble, surveillance camera is an iconic work from ai weiwei’s influential practice that succinctly captures his social. Followed by cameras and secret police, ai makes a point of tracking the movements of the people who track him. For many critics, this exhibition marks the moment. Ai weiwei, surveillance camera, 2010, marble, installation view. The marble cctv camera that has become a symbol of ai's battles with government surveillance is on show. Ai weiwei’s ability to strike a balance between art objects for aesthetic and intellectual contemplation on the one hand, and a sustained and forceful critique of the chinese political establishment on the other, has made him a potent cultural and political force in recent years. From royal academy of arts, ai weiwei, surveillance camera (2010), marble, 39.2 × 39.8 × 19 cm

Ai Weiwei Reigns at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, UK Installation

Ai Weiwei Marble Surveillance Camera His “surveillance camera with plinth” (2014) squats close by, in which the marble cctv head perches on a pedestal modelled after a lamppost from the northern qi dynasty. The marble cctv camera that has become a symbol of ai's battles with government surveillance is on show. For many critics, this exhibition marks the moment. His “surveillance camera with plinth” (2014) squats close by, in which the marble cctv head perches on a pedestal modelled after a lamppost from the northern qi dynasty. Ai weiwei’s ability to strike a balance between art objects for aesthetic and intellectual contemplation on the one hand, and a sustained and forceful critique of the chinese political establishment on the other, has made him a potent cultural and political force in recent years. In surveillance camera, left, ai weiwei sourced marble from an imperial chinese quarry to craft a perfect, polished surveillance. Ai weiwei, surveillance camera, 2010, marble, installation view. Camera with plinth monumentalizes in marble the surveillance camera, symbolic of the pervasive nature of surveillance in most societies today. Followed by cameras and secret police, ai makes a point of tracking the movements of the people who track him. Rendered in white marble, surveillance camera is an iconic work from ai weiwei’s influential practice that succinctly captures his social. From royal academy of arts, ai weiwei, surveillance camera (2010), marble, 39.2 × 39.8 × 19 cm Surveillance plays on this concept of observation and state intervention by documenting the changes in ai’s life after his detention period.