{"id":5936,"date":"2016-12-03T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:40:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T22:40:17","slug":"ai-weiwei-at-mary-boone-gallery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/03\/ai-weiwei-at-mary-boone-gallery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ai Weiwei, Roots and Branches at Mary Boone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wallpaper of surveillance cameras and the Twitter logo by artist\/activist Ai Weiwei at <a href=\"http:\/\/maryboonegallery.com\/exhibition\/1763\" target=\"_blank\">Mary Boone Gallery<\/a>\u2019s Chelsea space refer to the consequences of his on-line criticism of the Chinese government. On a similar theme, a tree cobbled together from several once-majestic plants suggests disaster and endurance. (On view through Dec 23<sup>rd<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5937\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/03\/ai-weiwei-at-mary-boone-gallery-2\/ai_wei_wei\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ai_wei_wei-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Wei Wei, installation view of \u2018Roots and Branches\u2019 at Mary Boone Gallery\u2019s 541 West 26th Street location, November 2016.\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ai_wei_wei-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ai_wei_wei-1200x943.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ai Wei Wei, installation view of \u2018Roots and Branches\u2019 at Mary Boone Gallery\u2019s 541 West 26th Street location, November 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wallpaper of surveillance cameras and the Twitter logo by artist\/activist Ai Weiwei at Mary Boone Gallery\u2019s Chelsea space refer to the consequences of his on-line criticism of the Chinese government. On a similar theme, a tree cobbled together from several once-majestic plants suggests disaster and endurance. 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