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Ai Weiwei (1957) - UFO
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Ai Weiwei (1957) - UFO

“As an artist, I have to relate to humanity’s struggles ... I never separate these situations from my art,” - Ai Weiwei At first glance the intentionally enlarged image shows us, what appears to be, a blow-up snapshot from the moon set against a dark night sky. Its surface disturbed by the presence of an UFO. A closer look at the pixelated image reveals us its true story. As a political refugee who lived under constant government surveillance, the artist feels related to the growing influx of refugees attempting to enter Europe. He has used this UFO image, of a refugee boat floating on the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, frequently since 2016. Ai Weiwei - UFO - 2016 Medium: Inkjet print on glossy photo paper. Size: 18 1/2 × 23 3/5 in - 47 × 60 cm Hand signed Edition of 100 Publisher: Akademie der Künste Berlin Released in 2016 as a fundraising edition.

No. 83813869

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Ai Weiwei (1957) - UFO

Ai Weiwei (1957) - UFO



“As an artist, I have to relate to humanity’s struggles ... I never separate these situations from my art,”
- Ai Weiwei

At first glance the intentionally enlarged image shows us, what appears to be, a blow-up snapshot from the moon set against a dark night sky.
Its surface disturbed by the presence of an UFO. A closer look at the pixelated image reveals us its true story.
As a political refugee who lived under constant government surveillance, the artist feels related to the growing influx of refugees attempting to enter Europe. He has used this UFO image, of a refugee boat floating on the waves of the Mediterranean Sea, frequently since 2016.

Ai Weiwei - UFO - 2016
Medium: Inkjet print on glossy photo paper.
Size: 18 1/2 × 23 3/5 in - 47 × 60 cm
Hand signed
Edition of 100
Publisher: Akademie der Künste Berlin
Released in 2016 as a fundraising edition.

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