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Ai Weiwei, Cats (Silver)
Ai Weiwei, Cats (Silver)

Ai Weiwei, Cats (Silver)

By Ai Weiwei

Located in Hamburg, DE

Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) Cats (Silver), 2024 Medium: Silver foil block on wove paper Dimensions: 27.2 x 32.8 cm (10 7/10 × 12 9/10 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed, numbered and d...

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Ai Weiwei - Have You Seen Ai Weiwei's Cats? poster (Hand Signed by Ai Weiwei)
Ai Weiwei - Have You Seen Ai Weiwei's Cats? poster (Hand Signed by Ai Weiwei)

Ai Weiwei - Have You Seen Ai Weiwei's Cats? poster (Hand Signed by Ai Weiwei)

By Ai Weiwei

Located in New York, NY

Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed in red marker by Ai Weiwei, and bearing the Kettle's Yard gallery logo (unnumbered, from a limited edition of fewer than 50 hand signed) The "H...

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Ai Weiwei - Cats (Red), original silkscreen, hand signed 116/150, Chinese Framed
Ai Weiwei - Cats (Red), original silkscreen, hand signed 116/150, Chinese Framed

Ai Weiwei - Cats (Red), original silkscreen, hand signed 116/150, Chinese Framed

By Ai Weiwei

Located in New York, NY

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Cats (Black), Ai Weiwei Screen Print, Framed, Edition of 150, 2022

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This artwork was originally exhibited as ‘Studio Cats’ in the exhibition Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, reflecting both artists’ mutual lov...

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Cats (Red), Ai Weiwei Screen Print, Framed, Edition of 150, 2022
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Cats (Red), Ai Weiwei Screen Print, Framed, Edition of 150, 2022

By Ai Weiwei

Located in London, GB

This artwork was originally exhibited as ‘Studio Cats’ in the exhibition Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, reflecting both artists’ mutual lov...

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Cats (Pink)
Cats (Pink)

Cats (Pink)

By Ai Weiwei

Located in London, GB

This artwork was originally exhibited as ‘Studio Cats’ in the exhibition Andy Warhol / Ai Weiwei at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, reflecting both artists’ mutual lov...

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Ai Weiwei, The China Bag ‘Cats and Dogs’
Ai Weiwei, The China Bag ‘Cats and Dogs’

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The red bag takes its motif from a papercut created by Ai Weiwei as part of his Papercut Portfolio, published by TASCHEN in 2019: Cats and Dogs, his reflection on works from the 1990...

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Ai Weiwei, the Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’
Ai Weiwei, the Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’

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Located in Los Angeles, CA

The red scarf takes its motif from a papercut created by Ai Weiwei as part of his Papercut Portfolio, published by Taschen in 2019: Cats and Dogs, reflecting on his work from the 199...

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Ai Weiwei, Cats (Black) - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Chinese Activist
Ai Weiwei, Cats (Black) - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Chinese Activist

Ai Weiwei, Cats (Black) - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Chinese Activist

By Ai Weiwei

Located in Hamburg, DE

Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) Cats (Black), 2022 Medium: Screenprint on paper Dimensions: 28 x 32.8 cm Edition of 150: Hand signed, numbered and dated Printer: Kip Gresham at The Prin...

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Cats (Pink)
Cats (Pink)

Ai WeiweiCats (Pink), 2022

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Cats (Pink)

By Ai Weiwei

Located in New York, NY

Ai Weiwei Cats (Pink), 2022 Screen print on white Somerset Velvet, 300gsm 17 7/10 × 24 2/5 inches Signed in pencil by Ai Weiwei, Numbered from the limited edition of 300 and dated 2...

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Ai Weiwei, the Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’
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Ai Weiwei, the Silk Scarf ‘Cats and Dogs’

By Ai Weiwei

Located in Los Angeles, CA

The red scarf takes its motif from a papercut created by Ai Weiwei as part of his Papercut Portfolio, published by Taschen in 2019: Cats and Dogs, reflecting on his work from the 199...

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Cats (Red)
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Ai WeiweiCats (Red), 2022

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Located in New York, NY

Ai Weiwei Cats (Red), 2022 Screen print on Saunders Waterford 300gsm paper Hand signed, dated, and numbered 59/150 by Ai Weiwei on the front 13 1/2 × 17 inches Unframed Hand signed, ...

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Ai Weiwei was born in northwest China but was sent to a labor camp in Beidahuang, Heilongjiang, when he was only a year old. There he was raised for the early years of his life. His father Aì Qīng’s involvement in the Anti-Rightist Movement led to the family's exile shortly afterward to Shihezi, Xinjiang, where Ai spent the duration of his childhood. Upon Mao Zedong’s death, the family returned to Beijing in 1976.

Following the family’s return home, Ai enrolled in the Beijing Film Academy to study animation in 1978. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde art group the Stars alongside contemporaries Ma Desheng, Wang Keping, Mao Lizi, Huang Rui, Li Shuang, Ah Cheng and Qu Leilei. The Stars disbanded in the 1980s, but Ai participated in regular shows that recalled the ten years that the group had been together, including at the Hanart Gallery in 1989 and the retrospective 2007 exhibition at Beijing's Origin Point.

Ai moved to the USA in 1981, among the earliest of students to study abroad following China’s reform in 1980, which afforded him the opportunity to take the TOEFL in 1981. He lived in Philadelphia and then in San Francisco, studying English at the University of California, Berkeley. Afteward, Ai studied at Parsons School of Design in New York City and attended the Art Students League of New York from 1983 to 1986. He initially made a living by drawing street portraits.

Immersing himself in the Pop art scene, which was rapidly gaining popularity, Ai began creating conceptual art and photography. Ai returned to China after his father became ill in 1993, and while there he helped to establish the experimental art scene called Beijing East Village. In 1999, Ai built a studio house in Beijing — his first architectural project. Ai founded the architecture studio FAKE Design in 2003, and co-curated the art exhibition "Fuck Off" with Feng Boyi in Shanghai.

In 2011, Ai was arrested and jailed. Released after 81 days, the government confiscated his passport. His release was in part due to the uproar of the art world against his charges of tax evasion; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the International Council of Museums both organized petitions, collecting almost 100,000 signatures calling for his release. When he reclaimed his passport in 2015, Ai moved to Berlin and lived in a studio. It became a base for him to create his international work.

Ai is the artistic director of China Art Archives & Warehouse. The experimental gallery and archive, co-founded by Ai in 1997, concentrates on experimental art from the People’s Republic of China, initiating and facilitating exhibitions both in China and internationally.

Ai's work is in the collections of museums worldwide, including the Tate, London; Arken, London; Brooklyn Museum, New York; and the RA, London. His international architectural collaborations, including the Beijing National Stadium and the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, have consistently been met with critical acclaim.

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