Saturday, October 26, 2013

"He Xie"

He Xie is the Chinese word for river crab and this piece of Ai Weiwei's consists of 3,200 porcelain crabs. After his Shanghai studio was demolished by Chinese authorities in 2010, Ai invited guests to a feast of 10,000 river crabs to protest the control of information and the restriction of individual freedom of expression. He was placed under house arrest and was unable to attend. 

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12 comments:

  1. LowellOctober 26, 2013 at 9:30 AM

    I'd be a little crabby, too, if my studio was demolished! Wow. That's a lot of crabs. Weiwei's installations could not be called "minimal." :)

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  2. Laura. MOctober 26, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    I give thanks for being able to express myself freely, Pat. I like the exposure.
    Have a great weekend :))

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  3. TexWisGirlOctober 26, 2013 at 11:38 AM

    a good protest.

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  4. William KendallOctober 26, 2013 at 3:30 PM

    That's an interesting installation.

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  5. Chattahoochee Valley DailyOctober 26, 2013 at 7:34 PM

    His work speaks loudly.

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  6. JackOctober 26, 2013 at 8:49 PM

    And this is on the "meh" side of the equation.

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  7. jennyfrecklesOctober 27, 2013 at 8:36 AM

    What a wonderful collection of pieces to explore. I'm not overfond of these crabs but his work does a good job of highlighting issues.

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  8. cieldequimperOctober 28, 2013 at 7:00 AM

    He is controversial but I love this way of protesting!

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  9. Sallie (FullTime-Life)October 28, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Such an amazing story to go with this installation.

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  10. EG CameraGirlOctober 28, 2013 at 10:59 AM

    Kinda spooky to my way of thinking.

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  11. PerthDailyPhotoOctober 28, 2013 at 11:32 AM

    Gosh he really is a politically minded artist Pat.. it's good, art with powerful meaning is to be admired.

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  12. ArtandArchitecture-SF.comOctober 29, 2013 at 11:33 AM

    My very first introduction to Ai Wei Wei was his sunflower seed exposition. This looks like the same concept. I just love it - again thank you for bringing these to us.

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