"Kui Hua Zi" 2009 

porcelain, 1000 kg
dimensions vary with installation


Detail "Kui Hua Zi" 2009 


"Grapes" 2008 

17 Stools from the Quing Dymasty (1644-1911)
167 x 180 x 157 cm


"Remembering" 2009 

9000 Backpacks and metal structure
925 x 10605 x 10 cm
Facade installation (south facade) Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany 2009


"Template" 2007, "The Wave" 2005 

"Template" 2007
1001 wooden doors and windows from destroyed Ming and Qing Dynasty houses (1368-1911), wooden base
422 x 1106 x 875 cm

"The Wave" 2005
porcelain
25 x 40 x 40 cm

Exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2009


Detail "Template" 2007 


"Map of China" 2004 (left) / "Map of China" 2008 (right) 

"Map of China" 2004 (left)
Iron wood (lignum vitae) from a dismantled temple of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
51 cm, Ø 200 cm

"Map of China" 2008 (right)
Iron wood (lignum vitae) from a dismantled temple of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
300 cm, Ø 180 cm


Exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2009


"Rooted Upon" 2009, "Soft Ground" 2009, "Fairytale People" 2007 

"Rooted Upon" 2009
100 parts of trees

"Soft Ground" 2009
wool carpet
3560 x 1060 cm

"Fairytale People" 2007
1001 Chinese visitors
1001 b/w-prints

Exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 2009


"Ton of Tea" 2006, "Colored Vases" 2008, "Cube in Ebony" 2009 

"Ton of Tea" 2006
1 ton of compressed tea
100 x 100 x 100 cm

"Colored Vases" 2008
Neolithic vases (5000-3000 BC) and industrial paint
5 pieces, dimensions variable, ca. 50 cm, Ø 46 cm

"Cube in Ebony" 2009
rosewood
100 x 100 x 100 cm

Exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2009


"Fairytale" 2007 

ladies dormitory
mixed media
Project for Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany

Exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 2009


Detail "Fairytale" 2007 


"Bamboo and Porcelain" 2008 

porcelain, bamboo
white/blue vases 36 cm, Ø 28 cm and bamboo stick
Facade installation (north facade) Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany 2009


Detail "Bamboo and Porcelain" 2008 


"Beijing's 2008 Olympic Stadium" 2005-08 

Inkjet print
900 x 1147 cm, 900 x 1108 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2009


"Cubic Meter Tables" 2006, untitled 2006, "Cube in Ebony" 2009, "Bowl of Pearls" 2006 

"Cubic Meter Tables" 2006
Huali wood
each 100 x 100 x 100 cm

untitled, 2006
Huali wood
Ø 169 cm

"Cube in Ebony" 2009
Rosewood
100 x 100 x 100 cm

"Bowl of Pearls" 2006
Porcelain, freshwater pearls
each (h) 43 x Ø 100 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2009


"Tea House" 2009 

compressed tea
120 x 180 x 120 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009


"Snake Ceiling" 2009 

100 backpacks
(h) 40 cm, ø 900 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009


"Map of China" 2008, "Kippe" 2006, "China Log" 2005 

"Map of China" 2008
Tieli wood from dismantled temples of the Qing-dynasty (1644-1911)
(h) 150 x Ø 200 cm

"Kippe" 2006
iron wood (Tieli wood) from dismantled temples of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and iron parallel bar
182 x 286 x 104 cm

"China Log" 2005
Tieli wood from dismantled temples of the Qing-dynasty (1644-1911)
(w) 337 x Ø 57 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2009


"Moon Chest" 2008, "72 Standard" 1997, "Table with Two Legs on the Wall" 2009 

"Moon Chest" 2008
Huali wood
each 320 x 160 x 80 cm

"72 Standard" 1997
Lambda print
130 x 116 cm

"Table with Two Legs on the Wall" 2009
Table from Qing-dynasty (1644-1911)
112 x 90 x 112 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2009


"Fragments" 2005 

Iron wood (Tieli wood) table, chairs, parts of beams and pillars from dismantled temples of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
500 x 850 x 700 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009


"Forever" 2003, "Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" 1995/2004, "Colored Vases" 2008 

"Forever" 2003
Bicycles
(h) 275 cm, ø 450 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009

"Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" 1995/2004
b/w-print
triptych
Edition of 8
3 x 148 x 121 cm

"Colored Vases" 2008
neolithic vases (5000 - 3000 BC) and paint
installation size: 50 x 200 cm
in different sizes H ca. 9 -31 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009


"Chandelier" 2009 

Glass crystals, lights, metal
600 x 450 x 225 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009


"Cube Light" 2008 

glass crystals, lights and metal
414 x 400 x 400 cm
Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Booth N23, Hall D


"Cube in Ebony" 2009 

hard wood
100 x 100 x 100 cm


"Porcelain Cube" 2009 

porcelain
115 x 115 x 115 cm


"Ton of Tea" / " Tea Cube" 2007 

"Ton of Tea":
1 ton of compressed tea and wooden base
100 x 100 x 100 cm

"Tea Cube":
compressed tea and wooden base
50 x 50 x 50 cm


"Marble Plate" 2009 

marble
50 x 28 x 28 cm


"Marble Chair" 2008 

marble
each 125 x 52 x 50 cm


"Monumental Junkyard" 2006 

marble
each 210 x 80 cm
Installation at Lewis Gluckman Gallery, University College, Cork, Ireland


"Marble Arm" 2007 

white marble, edition of 10
21 x 67 x 30 cm


"Template" 2007 

1001 wooden doors and windows from destroyed Ming and Qing Dynasty houses (1368-1911), wooden base
422 x 1106 x 875 cm, after collapsing
Installation for Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany 2007


"Fairytale" 2007 

1001 Chinese visitors
c-print
Unikate
100 x 100 cm
Project for Documenta 12,
Kassel, Germany, 2007


"Fairytale - 1001 Chairs" 2007 

1001 Qing dynasty wooden chairs were spread in groups as "stations for reflection" around the different exhibition venues of Documenta 12 and in the Gottschalk-Halls, Kassel, Germany, 2007


"Fairytale" 2007 

Project for Documenta 12, Kassel,Germany, 2007


Link: Fairytale Products

"Kippe" 2006 

iron wood (Tieli wood) from dismantled temples of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and iron parallel bar
182 x 286 x 104 cm


untitled, 2005-2006 

iron wood from destroyed temples
of Qing dynasty, found metal chairs
105 x 504 x 108 cm


untitled 2006 

Huanghuali wood
(H) 159 cm, ø 169 cm


"Maps of China" 2004 

iron wood (lignum vitae) from a dismantled temple of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
2 pieces, 40 cm, Ø 195 cm
Installation Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland, 2004


"Bed" 2004 

iron wood (lignum vitae) from a dismantled temple of the Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
200 x 600 cm
Installation Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland, 2004


Detail "Bed" 2004 


"Bench" 2004 

iron wood (lignum vitae) from a dismantled temple of the Qing-Dynasty (1644 - 1911)
400 cm, Ø 55 cm
Installation Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland, 2004


"Table and Pillar" 2002 (background) "Table and Beam" 2002 (foreground) 

pillar and table dating back to
the Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
90 x 90 x (H) 470 cm

beam and table dating back to
the Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
406 x 90 x (H) 160 cm


"Table with Two Legs on the Wall" 2009 

Table from Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
112 x 90 x 112 cm


"Two Joined Square Tables" 2005 

tables, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
136 x 167.5 x 91.5 cm


"Table with three legs" 1998 

Qing dynasty table (1644 - 1911)
91 x 102 x 172 cm


"Bubble" 2008 

porcelain
100 pieces, each 50 x ø 75 cm
Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 - Art Projects
Installation at Watson Island, Miami, USA


"Bamboo and Porcelain" 2008 

3 sets
porcelain, bamboo
height of bamboo variable,
size vases: 44 x ø 28 cm (blue),
36 x ø 28 cm (white/blue), 30 x ø 35 cm (white)


"Blue Dress" 2007 

porcelain
7 x 62 x 50 cm


"Dress with Flowers (No. 9)" 2007 

porcelain
6 x 67 x 46 cm


"Dress with Flowers (No. 7)" 2007 

porcelain
5 cm, Ø 56 cm


"Dress with Flowers (No. 5)" 2007 

porcelain
6 x 74 x 56 cm


"Flowers" 2007 

porcelain
each 200 x 100 cm
installation at Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland


Detail "Flowers" 2007 


Detail "Flowers" 2007 


"Pillar" 2006/7 

16 porcelain pillars
different sizes, height between 178 and 238 cm
Installation at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, 2007
for the exhibition "China Welcomes You...
Desires, Struggles, New Identities"


"Bowl of Pearls" 2006 

colored porcelain / clear water pearls
each 43, Ø 100 cm


"Oil Spills" 2006 

porcelain
18 pieces in different sizes
11 x 8 x 2.5 cm - 119 x 100 x 3 cm


Ai Weiwei & Serge Spitzer "Ghost Valley coming down the Mountain" 2005-2006 

96 vases
blue and white porcelain
each 27 cm, Ø 35 cm


Seen from the opposite side "Ghost Valley coming down the Mountain" 2005-2006 


"The Wave" 2005 

porcelain
25 x 40 x 40 cm


"Colored Vases" 2006 

neolithic vases (5000 - 3000 BC) and paint
installation size: 50 x 200 cm
in different sizes H ca. 9 -31 cm


"Mei Le" 2007 

167 pieces
lacquer on fiberglass
sizes variable
height between 8 and 28 cm
Installation: Ø 700 cm


"Fountain of Light" 2006 

steel and glass crystals on a wooden base
700 x 529 x 400 cm
Installation at Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, 2007


"Feet" 2003 and "Hands" 2003 

10 Buddha-feet, northern Wei dynasty
(AD 386 - 534)
Table, 68 x 168 x (H) 126 cm
and
12 Buddha-hands, northern Wei dynasty
(AD 386 - 534)
Table, 68 x 168 x (H) 107 cm


Detail "Feet" 2003 


Detail "Hands" 2003 


untitled (shoe and book), 1986 

shoe and book
43 x 24 x 16 cm


"Beijing: The Second Ring" 2005 

video, 14 January - 11 February 2005
1 hour, 6 minutes


"Beijing: The Third Ring" 2005 

video, 1 - 9 January 2005
1 hour, 50 minutes


"Chang' an Boulevard" 2004 

video, winter 2004
10 hours, 13 minutes


"Study of Perspective - White House" 1999 

b/w print
Edition of 10
90 x 127 cm


"Study of Perspective - Tian An Men" 1997 

b/w print
Edition of 10
90 x 127 cm


"Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" 1995/2004 

b/w-print
triptych
Edition of 8
3 x 148 x 121 cm


"June 1994" 1994 

b/w print
Edition of 10
121 x 155 cm


"In the front of two towers" 1985 

c-print
Edition of 12
126 x 94 cm