{"id":8771,"date":"2020-06-09T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8771"},"modified":"2020-06-09T09:54:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T13:54:16","slug":"ai-wei-weis-heaven-and-earth-at-lissongallery-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/09\/ai-wei-weis-heaven-and-earth-at-lissongallery-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ai Wei Wei’s ‘Heaven and Earth’ at lissongallery.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arrested and held by the police for 81 days in Beijing in 2011, politically outspoken artist Ai Wei Wei was eventually accused of tax evasion, charges which he fought in court.\u00a0 Lisson Gallery<\/a> is currently showcasing one of the several artistic responses Ai Wei Wei has made since, a nearly 7-hour long Henan Opera that recreates the court proceedings in language, \u201c\u2026couched in complex, obfuscating legalese and riven with dead ends.\u201d (Lisson Gallery).\u00a0 Pictured here is an image from New York Art Tours\u2019 archive of Ai Wei Wei\u2019s first artwork in response to his detention, an installation recreating scenes from his prison life that was on view at the Brooklyn Museum<\/a> in 2014. (\u2018Heaven and Earth\u2019 is on view at lissongallery.com through June 15th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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S.A.C.R.E.D., six dioramas in oxidized metal, wood, fiberglass, polystyrene and sticky tape, 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arrested and held by the police for 81 days in Beijing in 2011, politically outspoken artist Ai Wei Wei was eventually accused of tax evasion, charges which he fought in court.\u00a0 Lisson Gallery is currently showcasing one of the several artistic responses Ai Wei Wei has made since, a nearly 7-hour long Henan Opera that … <\/p>\n

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