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Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir 0.75. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9780553419481
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The intimate and expansive (Time) memoir of one of the most important artists working in the world today (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process Poignant . . . An illuminating through-line emerges in the many parallels Ai traces between his life and his fathers.The New York Times Book Review (Editors Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BookPage, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Once a close associate of Mao Zedong and the nations most celebrated poet, Ai Weiweis father, Ai Qing, was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as Little Siberia, where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol and the artworks of Marcel Duchamp. With candor and wit, he details his return to China and his rise from artistic unknown to art world superstar and international human rights activistand how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime. Ai Weiweis sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Birds Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his life story and that of his father, whose creativity was stifled.At once ambitious and intimate, Ai Weiweis 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows offers a deep understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China, and serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780553419481
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