Feb 14, 2016 · Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has covered a Berlin landmark with thousands of refugee life jackets for his latest installation. The striking display is the activist’s latest attempt to …

Ai Weiwei, prominent Chinese artists and social activist, revealed an installation of refugee lifejackets at the Konzerthous in Berlin. The piece is a reflection of the journey refugees make …

Feb 15, 2016 · Seemingly undisturbed by the huge backlash caused by his recreation of the tragic image of the the drowned three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, in his latest public artwork …

Apr 4, 2019 · Through his Berlin residency and his engagement with the global refugee crisis, Ai Weiwei has become increasingly vocal, if not also increasingly aware, of the complicity of the …

Feb 16, 2016 · A new installation by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei makes use of thousands of life vests collected from Syrian refugees entering Europe via the Greek island of Lesbos.

Aug 31, 2022 · Ai Weiwei: “Home is the place to share” From 2015 to 2019, Ai Weiwei lived in a roomy Altbau on Greifswalder Straße. But when he left Berlin, he criticised its treatment of …

Sep 20, 2024 · Soleil Levant (2017) was created by well-known and revered Chinese artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. For this installation, Weiwei attached a total of 14,000 life jackets that had …

Feb 29, 2016 · In this installation, Ai Weiwei used 14,000 life jackets of refugees to adress to the countless life of woman, man and child, continuing to live at lesvos. Each jacket represents …

Feb 16, 2016 · Ai Weiwei has produced a five-column installation on the facade of Berlin’s Konzerthaus, a collection of 14,000 life vests from refugees who landed on the Greek Island of …

Mar 6, 2016 · Last month the six front columns of Berlin’s historic Konzerthaus were decked out with fourteen thousand bright orange life jackets—an installation by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, …