Research Catalog

Title

Ai Weiwei : Yours truly : art, human rights, and the power of writing a letter / edited by David Spalding ; with essays by Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Haines, Jasmine Heiss, and David Spalding.

Author

Ai, Weiwei

Publication

San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books LLC, [2018]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Spalding, David
• Haines, Cheryl
• Heiss, Jasmine

Description

128 pages : color illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

Renowned artist Ai Weiwei engaged nearly 900,000 visitors in a conversation about human rights with his art installation @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. In one participatory piece, Yours Truly, visitors sent 92,829 postcards to prisoners of conscience around the world. This book delves into those postcards' lasting impact. Five former prisoners and their loved ones reflect on the experience of receiving hundreds of postcards while imprisoned. Essays and a statement by Ai Weiwei contextualize this extraordinary project. And photographs taken during the exhibition show visitors and the messages they wrote. The book also includes four pre-addressed, tear-out postcards, inviting readers-whether art lovers or activists-to send hope to individuals still imprisoned for defending human rights.

Subject

• Ai, Weiwei
• Political prisoners in art
• Letter writing in art

Call Number

JQF 19-98

ISBN

• 9781452159294
• 1452159297

LCCN

2017046633

OCLC

1004981195

Author

Ai, Weiwei, author.

Title

Ai Weiwei : Yours truly : art, human rights, and the power of writing a letter / edited by David Spalding ; with essays by Ai Weiwei, Cheryl Haines, Jasmine Heiss, and David Spalding.

Publisher

San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books LLC, [2018]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Spalding, David, editor, contributor.

Haines, Cheryl, contributor.

Heiss, Jasmine, contributor.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-98