Ai Weiwei - Fairytale: A Reader (Paperback)

In 2007, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) presented a surprising new project titled "Fairytale" at Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany. He invited 1001 Chinese citizens of different ages and from various backgrounds to travel to Germany, all expenses paid, to experience their own fairytale holiday for 28 days. The logistics for this project were complex and entailed a hefty budget, as the artist later recalled, enumerating the considerations: "to design the trip and activities for the tourists, to hope to get their passports, their visas, their insurance and air tickets, to organize the place where they can live in Kassel, to hire cooks, make products which are connected to the journey and would be needed for it..." Happily, "Fairytale" was a runaway success for the artist, the participants and for Documenta. It was judged by critics to be one of the most sensational artworks at Documenta that year, and led to an acclaimed documentary and global media coverage. This publication offers critical analyses of the project from Roger M. Buergel, Daniel Birnbaum, Christian Holler, Raphael Gygax and Ai Weiwei himself.

General

Imprint:	Jrp/Ringier
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Daniel Birnbaum • Roger Buergel • Raphael Gygax
Editors:	Lionel Bovier • Salome Schnetz
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-764210-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN:	3-03-764210-6
Barcode:	9783037642108

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