"Kui Hua Zi" 2009 |
porcelain, 1000 kg
dimensions vary with installation
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Detail "Kui Hua Zi" 2009 |
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"Grapes" 2008 |
17 Stools from the Quing Dymasty (1644-1911)
167 x 180 x 157 cm
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"Remembering" 2009 |
9000 Backpacks and metal structure
925 x 10605 x 10 cm
Facade installation (south facade) Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany 2009
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"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
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Detail "Template" 2007 |
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Fairytale" 2007 |
ladies dormitory
mixed media
Project for Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany
Exhibition view Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany, 2009
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Detail "Fairytale" 2007 |
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"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
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Detail "Bamboo and Porcelain" 2008 |
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"Beijing's 2008 Olympic Stadium" 2005-08 |
Inkjet print
900 x 1147 cm, 900 x 1108 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan 2009
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"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
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"Tea House" 2009 |
compressed tea
120 x 180 x 120 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009
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"Snake Ceiling" 2009 |
100 backpacks
(h) 40 cm, ø 900 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"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
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"Chandelier" 2009 |
Glass crystals, lights, metal
600 x 450 x 225 cm
Installation Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2009
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"Cube Light" 2008 |
glass crystals, lights and metal
414 x 400 x 400 cm
Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Booth N23, Hall D
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"Cube in Ebony" 2009 |
hard wood
100 x 100 x 100 cm
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"Porcelain Cube" 2009 |
porcelain
115 x 115 x 115 cm
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"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
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"Marble Plate" 2009 |
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"Marble Chair" 2008 |
marble
each 125 x 52 x 50 cm
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"Monumental Junkyard" 2006 |
marble
each 210 x 80 cm
Installation at Lewis Gluckman Gallery, University College, Cork, Ireland
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"Marble Arm" 2007 |
white marble, edition of 10
21 x 67 x 30 cm
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"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
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"Fairytale" 2007 |
1001 Chinese visitors
c-print
Unikate
100 x 100 cm
Project for Documenta 12,
Kassel, Germany, 2007
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"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
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"Fairytale" 2007 |
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"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
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untitled, 2005-2006 |
iron wood from destroyed temples
of Qing dynasty, found metal chairs
105 x 504 x 108 cm
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untitled 2006 |
Huanghuali wood
(H) 159 cm, ø 169 cm
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"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
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"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
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Detail "Bed" 2004 |
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"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
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"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
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"Table with Two Legs on the Wall" 2009 |
Table from Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
112 x 90 x 112 cm
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"Two Joined Square Tables" 2005 |
tables, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
136 x 167.5 x 91.5 cm
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"Table with three legs" 1998 |
Qing dynasty table (1644 - 1911)
91 x 102 x 172 cm
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"Bubble" 2008 |
porcelain
100 pieces, each 50 x ø 75 cm
Art Basel Miami Beach 2008 - Art Projects
Installation at Watson Island, Miami, USA
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"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)
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"Blue Dress" 2007 |
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"Dress with Flowers (No. 9)" 2007 |
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"Dress with Flowers (No. 7)" 2007 |
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"Dress with Flowers (No. 5)" 2007 |
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"Flowers" 2007 |
porcelain
each 200 x 100 cm
installation at Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland
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Detail "Flowers" 2007 |
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Detail "Flowers" 2007 |
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"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"
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"Bowl of Pearls" 2006 |
colored porcelain / clear water pearls
each 43, Ø 100 cm
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"Oil Spills" 2006 |
porcelain
18 pieces in different sizes
11 x 8 x 2.5 cm - 119 x 100 x 3 cm
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Ai Weiwei & Serge Spitzer "Ghost Valley coming down the Mountain" 2005-2006 |
96 vases
blue and white porcelain
each 27 cm, Ø 35 cm
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Seen from the opposite side "Ghost Valley coming down the Mountain" 2005-2006 |
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"The Wave" 2005 |
porcelain
25 x 40 x 40 cm
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"Colored Vases" 2006 |
neolithic vases (5000 - 3000 BC) and paint
installation size: 50 x 200 cm
in different sizes H ca. 9 -31 cm
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"Mei Le" 2007 |
167 pieces
lacquer on fiberglass
sizes variable
height between 8 and 28 cm
Installation: Ø 700 cm
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"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
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"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
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Detail "Feet" 2003 |
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Detail "Hands" 2003 |
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untitled (shoe and book), 1986 |
shoe and book
43 x 24 x 16 cm
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"Beijing: The Second Ring" 2005 |
video, 14 January - 11 February 2005
1 hour, 6 minutes
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"Beijing: The Third Ring" 2005 |
video, 1 - 9 January 2005
1 hour, 50 minutes
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"Chang' an Boulevard" 2004 |
video, winter 2004
10 hours, 13 minutes
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"Study of Perspective - White House" 1999 |
b/w print
Edition of 10
90 x 127 cm
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"Study of Perspective - Tian An Men" 1997 |
b/w print
Edition of 10
90 x 127 cm
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"Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn" 1995/2004 |
b/w-print
triptych
Edition of 8
3 x 148 x 121 cm
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"June 1994" 1994 |
b/w print
Edition of 10
121 x 155 cm
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"In the front of two towers" 1985 |
c-print
Edition of 12
126 x 94 cm
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