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A Matter of Perspective: Anti-Authoritarian Gestures in the Political Art of Ai Weiwei

Sikes, Evan E, M.A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377871084

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2013, MA, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning: Art History.
Ai Weiwei has emerged as an important politically active force on the international art scene in the last 5 years. The artist's background and his two series, A Study of Perspective and Dropping the Urn, both began in 1995, played a major role in launching him to international fame as a political activist and artist. In my introduction, I will introduce Ai Weiwei and establish his place in the world as a politically active artist working in China. In subsequent chapters, I will discuss A Study of Perspective and Dropping the Urn in terms of how they, by offering an idea of dissensual thought towards pre-existing notions of reverence for monuments and artifacts were at the forefront of his political art-making career and his political activism.
Kimberly Paice, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Maureen Buri, M.A. (Committee Member)
Morgan Thomas, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
77 p.
Art History
Ai Weiwei; China; Ceramics; A Study of Perspective; Dropping the Urn; Cultural Revolution

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  • Sikes, M.A., E. E. (2013). A Matter of Perspective: Anti-Authoritarian Gestures in the Political Art of Ai Weiwei [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377871084

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Sikes, M.A., Evan. A Matter of Perspective: Anti-Authoritarian Gestures in the Political Art of Ai Weiwei. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377871084.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Sikes, M.A., Evan. "A Matter of Perspective: Anti-Authoritarian Gestures in the Political Art of Ai Weiwei." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1377871084

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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