Ai Weiwei
Bibliography

Publications

Newland Joseph N. (2010). Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn. Arcadia University Art Gallery.


Costa Xavier (2010). Ai Weiwei. With Milk___find something everybody can use. Actar / Fundacio Mies van der Rohe.


Bingham Juliet (Ed.) (2010). Ai Weiwei. Sunflower Seeds. Tate Publishing.

Kramer Dirk, Maas Klaus, Buergel Roger M. (2010). Ai Weiwei. Barely Something. Duisburg: Stiftung DKM.


Caroline Dumont, Thys Pierre (2010). La verite 25 x seconde. Flamand, Ai Weiwei, BNM. Marseille: Ballet National de Marseille.


Foster Elena Ochoa, Obrist Hans-Ulrich (2009). Ai Weiwei. Ways Beyond Art. London, Madrid: Ivorypress.


Smith Karen, Obrist Hans-Ulrich, Fibicher Bernard (2009). Ai Weiwei. Phaidon Press Limited.


Wellner Mathieu (2009). Ai Weiwei. Portrait of a Critical Mind. I think just walking in the other direction is a smart choice. Mono. Kultur No. 22, autumn 2009.


Ai Weiwei, Siemons Marc (2009). Ai Weiwei. So Sorry. Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel Publishing House.


Ai Weiwei, Kataoka Mami, Merewether Charles, Matsubara Hironori (2009). Ai Weiwei. According to What? Tokyo: Mori Art Museum.


Merewether, C. (2008). Ai Weiwei. Under Construction. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Campbelltown Arts Centre.


Mary Boone Gallery (Ed.) (2008). Ai Weiwei. Illumination. New York.


Kyungmin Lee, Jihyun Shin (Eds.) (2008). Ai Weiwei. Seoul Korea: Gallery Hyundai.


Van der Zijpp, S., Wilson, M. (Ed.) (2008). Ai Weiwei (Catalogue). Rotterdam: NAi Publishers.


Ai Weiwei (2008). Becoming. Images of Beijing’s Air Terminal 3. Beijing: Timezone 8.


Albion Gallery (2008). Ai Weiwei – Herzog & de Meuron, Beijing Venice, London. London: Albion Gallery.


Koegel, E. (Ed.) (2007). Ai Weiwei. Fake Design in the Village. Berlin: Aedes.


Ai Weiwei, Chen Weiqun (2006). Fragments. Beijing 2006 Ai Weiwei (Catalogue). Beijing: Galerie Urs Meile, TimeZone 8.


Meile, U. (Ed.) (2008). Ai Weiwei. Works 2004-2007 (Catalogue). Beijing, Lucerne: Galerie Urs Meile, JRP  Ringier.


Caermersklooster Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur (2004). Ai Weiwei (Catalogue). Gent.


TimeZone 8 (2004). Beijing 10/2003 Ai Weiwei. Documentation of Video Work. Beijing: Timezone 8, Galerie Urs Meile.


Merewether, C. (Ed.) (2003). Ai Weiwei. Works: Beijing 1993-2003 (Catalogue). Beijing: Timezone 8 Ltd.

Selected Bibliography

Adam, G. (2007). The Power 100 - 2007. Art Review, 16. pp. 147.

 

Adam, H. (2007). Follies am Flussufer. Jinhua Architectural Park, 2004-2006. Archithese, 8 August 2007. p. 40.

 

Adams, J. (2008). Critical Mass. Ai Weiwei. Art Review, 22. pp. 52-63.

Ai Weiwei, Smith, K. (2008). A Brief History of Light. A Conversation with Ai Weiwei. In: Ai Weiwei. Illumination. New York: Mary Boone Gallery. pp. 75-87.

 

Ai Weiwei (2008). A Dialogue Between Ai Weiwei and Qin Ga (Excerpt). Visual Production Shanghai, 5-6. pp. 46-49.


Ai Weiwei (2008). Statement. Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2008, 3. p. 166.

 

Ai Weiwei, Herzog, J. (2007). Concept and Fake. Parkett, 81. pp. 122-132.

 

Ai Weiwei, Grosenick, U. (2007). All the Arts are the Same – and Different (Interview). In: China Art Book. The 80 most renowned Chinese artists. Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag. pp. 18-21.

 

Ai Weiwei (Ed.) (2005). Ai Weiwei: Beijing 10/2003. Beijing: Timezone 8 Ltd.

Ai Weiwei (2005). The Multiple Predicaments and Upturns of Chinese Contemporary Art. In: Mahjong. Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. p. 14.

 

Ai Weiwei, Zeng Xiaojun (1997). The Grey Cover Book. Beijing: Red Flag Books.

 

Ai Weiwei, Zeng Xiaojun (1995). The White Cover Book. Beijing: Red Flag Books.

 

Ai Weiwei, Zeng Xiaojun, Xu Bing (1994). The Black Cover Book. Beijing: Red Flag Books.

 

Albertini, C. (2008). Ai Weiwei. In: Avatars and Antiheros. A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists. Tokyo New York London: Kodansha International. pp. 12-15.

 

Art Asia Pacific Almanac (2007). Five 2006 - Ai Weiwei. Art Asia Pacific Almanac, 2. pp. 76-77.

 

Art Basel Conversations (2006). China: New Opportunities in the Global Art Arena. National Art Museum of China, 12 September 2006. Ostfildern-Ruit: Art Basel and Hatje Cantz Verlag. p. 229.

 

Altorfer, S. (2007). Lieber Träume als Gemurmel. Documenta 12 Kassel. Die Weltkunstausstellung verdient die Bezeichnung ‘global’. Die Show der Unbekannten hat aber einen heimlichen Star. Berner Rundschau, 15 June 2007. p. 37.

 

Ammer, M. (2007). 2007 Ai Weiwei. Fairytale Performance. In: Documenta Kassel 16/06 – 23/09 2007. Cologne: Taschen, pp. 208-209.

 

Ansfield, J., Hewitt, D. (2007). Architects on the Ramparts of the Chinese Design Revolution. Draftmen’s Contract. Newsweek, 13 August 2007. pp. 20-21.

 

Audédat, M. (2007). L’ art c’est aussi du vent. L’Hebdo, 28 June 2007. p. 8.

Barboza, D., Lynn Zhang (2006). The Clown Scholar: Ai Weiwei. Available: http://new.artzinechina.com/display_vol_aid180_en.html. Last accessed 1 October 2007.

 

Bassets, M. (2007). Kassel y el viento creador. El artista chino Ai Weiwei asegura que su escultura ‘Plantilla’ gana en expresividad tras su destrucción accidental. La Vanguardia, 24 June 2007. p. 49.


Bernell, R., Ai Weiwei (2000). Ai Weiwei with Robert Bernell (Interview). In: Chinese Art at the End of the Millenium (Clark, J., Ed.), Hong Kong: New Art Media Limited. pp. 176-181.


Birnie Danzker, J.-A. (2007). Documenta 12. In: Yishu. Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Fall Issue 2007. pp. 33-38.


Blume G., Siemens C. (2008). Eine grosse Maskerade. Die Zeit. 21 August 2008. p. 3.


Blume, G. (2007). Ich habe einen Traum. Ai Weiwei. Zeitmagazin, 26 July 2007. pp. 32-34.


Bork, H. (2007). Wir bringen unsere eigenen Köche mit. Tagesanzeiger. April 2007. p. 45.


Brewinska, M. (2003). New Zone. Chinese Art. In: New Zone Chinese Art (Cataogue). Warsaw: Zacheta National Gallery of Art. pp. 38-39.


Callick, R. (2008). Character Building. Weekend Australien, 26-27 April 2008. pp. 16-17.


Cavalera, F. (2007). L’artista d’avanguardia. Era piccolo e viveva in un nido sottoterra. Oggi ha ideato il ‘Nido’ olimpico. In: Il manager dei bagni pubblici (e altre storie di vita cinese). Milan: RCS Libri S.p.A. pp. 128-143.


Chin-Chin Yap (2003). A Handful of Dust. In: Ai Weiwei. Works: Beijing 1993-2003 (Catalogue, Merewether, C., Ed.). Beijing: Timezone 8 Ltd. pp. 8-15.


Chin-Chin Yap, Ai Weiwei (2003). Conversations. Ai Weiwei with Chin-Chin Yap. In: Ai Weiwei. Works: Beijing 1993-2003 (Catalogue, Merewether, C., Ed.). Beijing: Timezone 8 Ltd. pp. 46-57.


Clark, J., Dijk, Hans van (1999). Modern Chinese Art Foundation (Catalogue). Osst-Vlanderen, Belgium: Provincieraad. pp. 8-9.


Clement, T. (2008). One Good Urn. The Sydney Morning Herald, 16-22 May  2008. p. 21.


Coggins, D. (2007). Ai Weiwei’s Humane Conceptualism. Art in America, September 2007. pp. 118-125.


Colonnello, N. (2007). Fairytale. A Dialogue with Ai Weiwei about his Project for Documenta 12, Kassel, 2007. Visual Production Shanghai, 3. pp. 114-119.


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Colonnello, N., Huang, S. (2006). Fragment – Conversation between Xiao Ling and Ai Weiwei. Art Today, 2. pp. 174-177.


Colonnello, N. (Ambrozy, L., Ed.) (2006). Figments of Fragments. Ai Weiwei on his first Chinese mainland solo exhibition. That's Beijing, April 2006. pp. 32-35.


Colonnello, N. (2006). Fragments Dialogue. In: Fragments Beijing 2006 Ai Weiwei (Catalogue). Beijing Lucerne: Galerie Urs Meile, Timezone 8 Ltd.


Colonnello, N. (2004). Beyond the Checkmate. Art Asia Pacific, 40. pp. 52-58.


Colonnello, N. (2003). To Stretch The End (Exhibition text). Beijing Lucerne: Galerie Urs Meile.


Cram, G., Zyman, D. (Ed.) (2007). Interview with Ai Weiwei. In: Shooting Back. Vienna: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. pp. 36-39.


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Doswald, C. (2007). Künstler haben in China ein viel höheres Prestige als Manager. Documenta-Star Ai Weiwei über die Kunst als politische Kraft, seine Arbeit mit Herzog & de Meuron und Geld, das zum Fenster hinaus geworfen wird. SonntagsZeitung, 25 November 2007. pp. 29-31.


Duff, S. (2006). Capital Comeback. They are two of China’s most influential artists but Ai Weiwei and Zhu Wie are yet to have a solo exhibit in their home city. Time Out Beijing, 19. pp. 12-13.


Engel, B. (2008). Danger and Opportunity. Chinese Contemporary Art. Asian Art, February 2008. pp. 7-8.


Feng Boyi (2007). Ai Weiwei. In: China Now. Amstelveen: Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst. pp. 62-63.


Feng Boyi (2007). Some Remarks on Ai Weiwei. Beijing: Art Gallery Magazine, 112/3. pp. 57-58.


Feng Boyi (2002). Ai Weiwei. Ming-Style Furniture 1999 Installation. In: The First Guangzhou Triennial – Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art (1990-2000). Guangzhou Chicago: Guangdong Museum of Art, Art Media Resources Ltd. (Wu Hung, Huangsheng, Feng Boyi, Eds.). pp. 420-421.


Fibicher, B. (2005). Ai Weiwei. In: Mahjong. Contemporary Chinese Art from the Sigg Collection. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. pp. 220, 221, 246, 247.


Fibicher, B. (2004). Ai Weiwei. Berner Kunstmitteilungen, 342. pp. 16-17.


Folke, E., et al. (1996). Foeraendring/Utvlecking. Goeteborg: Konsthallen Goetaplatsen, Sweden. pp. 8, 12, 25.


Frilanz, J. (2007). I don’t love Art. Available: http://www.artnet.de/magazine/features/peus/peus06-08-07.asp. Last accessed 10 October 2007.


Fu Xiaodong (2007). From the Inside of Life – About Documenta 12. Art China, 4. pp. 76-77.


Gao Chengxia (2007). Dialogue with Ai Weiwei. Art Expert, 05. pp. 20-30.


Gärtner, B. (2008). Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn. Ai Weiwei. In: Stations. 100 Meisterwerke Zeitgenössischer Kunst. DuMont: Cologne. pp. 62-63.


Groom, S. (2007). The Real Thing. In: The Real Thing. Contemporary Art in China (Groom, S., Ed.). New York: Abrams. pp. 8-15.


Groom, S., Smith, K. (2007). Yes Again, and This Time It’s for Real: An Interview with Simon Groom and Karen Smith. Nav Haq. In: Yishu. Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Summer Issue 2007. pp. 52, 53, 54.


Guangdong Museum of Art (2005). An Extraordinary Space of Experimentation for Modernization. Guangzhou: Lingnan Fine Arts Publishing House. p. 419.


Harris, G. (2007). Ai Weiwei condems Beijing Olympics. The Art Newspaper, 1 September 2007. p. 5.


Hart, S. (2004). 2008 Beijing Olympics. Innovative Architecture ready to change the Face on an Ancient City. Architectural Records, 3. pp. 100-105.


Herold, T. (2007). Kassel ein Sommermärchen. 1001 Chinesen in der Mitte Deutschlands. Available: http://www.artnet.de/magazine/features/herold/herold07-20-07.asp. Last accessed 10 October 2007.


Holmes, P. (2007). Cultural Revelation. Collectors are looking east, curators are scoping out the hot new talents, and Saatchi is learning the lingo. Time Out, 1 October 2007. pp. 26-27.


Hopfener, B. (2007). Kunst aus China auf der Art Basel. Steigende Nachfrage. Available: http://www.artnet.de/magazine/news/hopfener/hopfener06-14-07.asp. Last accessed 10 October 2007.


Hosch, A. (2007). China’s Renaissance Man. Architectural Digest, March 2007. pp. 44-47, 204.


Hua Tianxue, Ai Weiwei, Feng Boyi (Eds.) (2000). Fuck Off. Exhibition Catalogue. Shanghai: Eastlink Gallery.


James Hu, Julia He (2007). A Monden Fairytale Concerning One Thousand and One Men. An Interview with Chinese Contemporary Artist Ai Weiwei. Beijing: Art Gallery Magazine, 112/3. pp. 42-56.


Jansen, G. (2007). Seismic Shifts in ‘Grand Narratives’: Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves. In: Thermocline of Art. New Asian Waves (Rhee, W., Weibel, P., Jansen, G., Eds.), Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag. p. 12.


Jocks, H.-N. (2007). Ai Weiwei. Das Märchen von 1001 Chinesen. Ein Gespräch mit Heinz-Nobert Jocks. Kunstforum International, August-September, 187. pp. 428-443.


Jodidio, P. (Ed.) (2007). Fake Design. In: Architecture in China. Cologne: Taschen. pp. 61-66.


Jönsson, D. (2008). Konstens Papperslösa. Om medborgarskap och identitet i samtidskonsten. Paletten. Sveriges Äldsta Konsttidskrift. 272, 2. pp. 7-11.


Jun Jun (2006). No Frontiers - No Limits. The Artwork of Ai Weiwei. Artco Magazine, May 2006. pp. 220-221.


Kenny, K, von Taube, A. (2007). Happily ever after? Will the Documenta change 1001 Chinese lives? Sleek Magazine, 2. pp. 72-81.


Kovskaya, M. (2009). Ai Weiwei. New York Photographs 1983-1993. Art Review, 30. p. 149.


Krueger, J. (2006). Ai Weiwei. One of the most influential figures in contemporary Chinese art, Beijing-born Ai Weiwei is active as an artist, curator, architect and co-founder of the pioneering China Art Archives & Warehouse (CAAW). Perspective, October 2006. pp. 122-123.


Krueger, J. (2006). Soul Reversal. Beijing’s gallery is a brave attempt to be everything its contemporary aren’t: contemporary but respectful of architectural tradition, functional but sacred, and focused completely on art. Perspective, October 2006. pp. 116-120.


Kunz, S. (2000). Aufbruch in China. Art, 5. p. 30.


Kyungmin Lee, Jihyun Shin (Eds.) (2008). Interview with Ai Weiwei. In: Ai Weiwei (Catalogue). Seoul Korea: Gallery Hyundai. pp. 37-40.


Lau, P. (2007). Ein Besuch der Documenta 12, unter Berücksichtigung von Ai Weiwei, Kassels Schlagzeilenproduzent Nummer eins. Brand eins, 8. pp. 140-141.


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Leanza, B. (2004). Interval – From Dabeiyao to Dabeiyao. In: Ai Weiwei (Catalogue). Gent: Caermersklooster Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur. pp. 32-33.


Leanza, B. (2006). Review-Ai Weiwei. Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing. Flash Art, September 2006. p. 127.


Lewis, A. (2003). China Now. South China Morning Post, 3 March 2003. p. 6.


Lu Heng-Zhong (2006). An Interview with Ai Weiwei, One of the Architects of Jinhua Architecture Park, Zhejiang. Time + Architecture, 1. pp. 46-65.


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Maak, N. (2007). Das Geschenk der Wettergötter. Produktives Scheitern ist ein Grundmotiv dieser documenta. Bei Ai Weiwei’s Skulptur hat nun ein Unwetter nachgebessert. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 22 June 2007. p. 33.


Maak, N. (2007). Die Documenta 2007 ruft zum grossen Marsch. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 70. p. 35.


Maerkle, A. (2007). In Search of the Real Thing. Art Asia Pacific, 53. p. 66.


McDonald, J. (2008). Destruction and Creation. The Sydney Morning Herald, 17-18 May 2008. pp. 16-17.


Melvin, S. (2007). Framing Photos as Art in China. Herald International Tribune. 8 August 2007. p. 20.


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