Ai Weiwei Updated Edition Monograph Book - Multicolour

The Ai Weiwei Updated Edition monograph offers a comprehensive forty-year retrospective created in close collaboration with the artist himself. Edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth, it features exclusive statements from Ai Weiwei alongside three essays by curator Roger M. Buergel, art historian Alfred Weidinger, and collector Uli Sigg. Its vast collection of archival images covers studio work, artwork, and activism spanning his exile in New York, return to China, and work across Europe over the last decade.

Dedicated to one of the world’s most important and fearless artists and activists, this comprehensive, updated monograph by Taschen expands on the original, created in close collaboration with Ai Weiwei himself. This forty year retrospective chronicles Ai Weiwei's exile in New York, his return to China, and his work in Europe over the last decade. The vast array of archival images in this essential edition traverse the visionary's day-to-day studio, artwork, and activism. The title features exclusive statements from the artist, along with three insightful essays by his friends and colleagues, including curator Roger M. Buergel, art historian Alfred Weidinger, and entrepreneur and collector Uli Sigg. Edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth, 'Ai Weiwei. Updated Edition' is essential reading for artists and social and political campaigners everywhere.