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StatsCamera with Plint
2015
52.0 x 52.0 cm
Oscar Niemeyer Museum
Ai Weiwei (1957 –)
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Following Ai Weiwei’s 81 days under secret detention, he was released on bail with strict restrictions. His passport was confiscated, he was barred from leaving Beijing for a year, and he was told to avoid speaking to the media. In addition to those restrictions, Ai noticed more than twenty surveillance cameras were installed all around his studio house in Caochangdi, Beijing. Camera with Plinth monumentalizes in marble the surveillance camera, symbolic of the pervasive nature of surveillance in most societies today. The camera sits atop a pedestal that is modeled after a Yuan Dynasty oil lamp in the artist’s personal collection.
About this artwork
- Title: Camera with Plint
- Artist: Ai Weiwei
- Year: 2015
- Original dimensions: 52.0 x 52.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Oscar Niemeyer Museum
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Main color: Putty
