Ikon Gallery has joined the international movement calling for the release of acclaimed Chinese art Ai Weiwei.
A single hand-crafted porcelain sunflower seed, one of tens of millions as featured in Ai Weiwei’s recent installation at Tate Modern, has been placed in a plinth at the entrance of the gallery. Displayed in this context, the single seed reminds us of the plight of the individual.
On April 3, Ai Weiwei was detained at Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong, and his papers and computers were seized from his studio compound. Ai's whereabouts remain unknown and he has been denied due process under Chinese law.
In response to his arrest, leading museums around the world including the Guggenheim, New York; Tate, London; Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD); Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Musée national d'art modern, Paris have joined an online petition to express concern for Ai’s freedom and call for his release.
We hope that our collective action using Ai Weiwei's favoured medium of social sculpture will hasten Ai’s release and promote the principle of free creative expression.
To view the petition please visit: http://www.change.org/petitions/call-for-the-release-of-ai-weiwei
A single hand-crafted porcelain sunflower seed, one of tens of millions as featured in Ai Weiwei’s recent installation at Tate Modern, has been placed in a plinth at the entrance of the gallery. Displayed in this context, the single seed reminds us of the plight of the individual.
On April 3, Ai Weiwei was detained at Beijing airport while en route to Hong Kong, and his papers and computers were seized from his studio compound. Ai's whereabouts remain unknown and he has been denied due process under Chinese law.
In response to his arrest, leading museums around the world including the Guggenheim, New York; Tate, London; Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD); Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Musée national d'art modern, Paris have joined an online petition to express concern for Ai’s freedom and call for his release.
We hope that our collective action using Ai Weiwei's favoured medium of social sculpture will hasten Ai’s release and promote the principle of free creative expression.
To view the petition please visit: http://www.change.org/petitions/call-for-the-release-of-ai-weiwei
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