Showing posts with label Ai Weiwei Haines Gallery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ai Weiwei Haines Gallery. Show all posts

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Haines Gallery: currently showing Installation view of Adia Millett: Wisdom Keepers at ICA San José Adia Millett: Wisdom Keepers

Installation view of Adia Millett: Wisdom Keepers at ICA San José
Adia Millett: Wisdom Keepers
In her solo exhibition Wisdom Keepers at the Institute of Contemporary Art San José, Adia Millett explores the parallels and interplay between a craftswoman and a warrior in protecting, preserving, and building a community and its culture.
Millett’s new work is a response to an in-depth look at the African American quilt collection at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and includes paintings, glass and textile sculptures, works on paper, mixed media assemblages, and an immersive sound sculpture. Each expressive form is situated as a powerful object imbued with cultural knowledge and social history. See the show at ICA San José through February 18, 2024.
Sales Inquiries: Alexandra Michaels, alexandra@hainesgallery.com
On the latest episode of Art is Awesome!, Millett sat down with Emily Wilson to chat about her practice, Wisdom Keepers, and the meaning behind her works.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Haines proudly presents Ai Weiwei: Everyday Monuments, a solo exhibition by the Chinese artist-activist opening June 2022

Ai Weiwei: 
Everyday Monuments

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 4 | 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Ai Weiwei, Zodiac, 2018
LEGO bricks, 45 x 45 inches each, edition of 10 + 2 AP
Photos: Adam Reich
Haines proudly presents Ai Weiwei: Everyday Monuments, a solo exhibition by the Chinese artist-activist opening June 2022.


Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing, China; lives and works in Portugal) is celebrated for his enduring and iconic artworks that address our shared urgencies. His sculptures and installations often reveal surprising sociopolitical dimensions, shedding light on people, places, and events that might otherwise be forgotten.

Designed specifically for Haines’ new Fort Mason gallery, Everyday Monumentscomprises 18 works in materials such as LEGO, marble, and wood, each a synthesis of complex historical, cultural, and political references. 

The exhibition marks the San Francisco debut of Ai’s Zodiac (2018), a series of twelve panels depicting the mythical animals of the traditional Chinese Zodiac, created from thousands of brightly hued LEGO bricks. With their rich, contrasting colors and square shape, these works evoke Warhol’s celebrity portraits, while simultaneously referring to Ai’s first use of LEGO bricks for Trace, the enormous installation depicting political prisoners that was integral to the FOR-SITE Foundation’s 2014 exhibition @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. Previously recreated by Ai in bronze, the Zodiac heads remain a potent trigger for conversations about nationalist sentiment, provenance, authenticity, and cultural exchange.


Exhibition Dates:
June 4 - August 27, 2022
Sales Inquiries: David Spalding

Press Inquiries: Irene Fung
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