A major international exhibition featuring two of the most significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Andy Warhol and Ai Weiwei, will open at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Melbourne, in December 2015.
Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, developed by the NGV and The Warhol, with the participation of Ai Weiwei, will explore the significant influence of these two exemplary artists on modern and contemporary life, focussing on the parallels, intersections and points of difference between the two artists’ practices.
Surveying the scope of both artists’ careers, the exhibition at the NGV will present over 300 works, including major new commissions, immersive installations and a wide representation of paintings, sculpture, film, photography, publishing and social media.
Presenting the work of both artists in dialogue and correspondence, the exhibition will explore modern and contemporary art, life and cultural politics through the activities of two exemplary figures – one of whom represents twentieth century modernity and the “American century“; and the other contemporary life in the twenty-first century and what has been heralded as the “Chinese century” to come.
Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei
11.12.2015 – 24.04.2016
Andy Warhol. Image courtesy of Steve Schapiro/Corbis | Ai Weiwei. Image courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio
Andy Warhol, You’re In, 1967. Courtesy of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. /ARS, New York
Andy Warhol, Mao, 1972. Courtesy of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. /ARS, New York
Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycles, 2011. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei, Coloured Vases, 2006. Courtesy of Ai Weiwei
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