{"product_id":"ai-weiwei-forge","title":"Ai Weiwei: Forge, by by Philip Tinari Wei Wei.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book accompanied the \u003cem data-end=\"641\" data-start=\"634\"\u003eForge\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition held at \u003cstrong data-end=\"683\" data-start=\"661\"\u003eMary Boone Gallery\u003c\/strong\u003e in New York, showing a series of works by Chinese contemporary artist and activist \u003cstrong data-end=\"780\" data-start=\"767\"\u003eAi Weiwei.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"780\" data-start=\"767\"\u003eThe \u003cem data-end=\"1134\" data-start=\"1127\"\u003eForge\u003c\/em\u003e project itself was a major installation exploring themes of memory, loss, institutional responsibility, and artistic reconstruction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA magnitude eight earthquake occurred in Sichuan, China, on 12 May 2008. In December that year, Ai Weiwei Studio began a “citizens’ investigation” on behalf of the student victims of the disaster. The surveyors collected the names of 5,196 children, along with their birth dates and the school they attended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis investigation revealed that the collapse of the schools was due to construction utilizing poor quality materials, a factor which the Chinese government subsequently tried to cover up\u003cstrong data-end=\"780\" data-start=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"780\" data-start=\"767\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe exhibition is an installation derived from twisted steel rebar from the schools that collapsed during the earthquake. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57422243496281,"sku":"Window shelf","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0692\/6021\/files\/Untitleddesign-2026-03-01T203605.667.jpg?v=1772397392","url":"https:\/\/www.quaybooksstore.com\/products\/ai-weiwei-forge","provider":"Quay Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}