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[AI WEIWEI] [Bù Hézuò Fangshì]. Fuck off.

Catalogue: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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[AI WEIWEI] [Bù Hézuò Fangshì]. Fuck off.

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Lot 258
[AI WEIWEI] [Bù Hézuò Fangshì]. Fuck off.
Shanghai, China: Eastlink Gallery, 2000. First edition, this copy inscribed in English by Ai Weiwei to the gallerist Frederieke Taylor, with a small ink sketch of a hand making the gesture appropriate to the title. Original printed wrappers. 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 (25 x 21 cm); 196 pp., illustrated throughout. Minor cover wear, adhesive starting to separate at hinge, consequently a little shaken.
The uncommon catalogue of the controversial and enormously influential exhibition, which was curated by Ai Weiwei and Feng Boyi to run coincident with the Third Shanghai Biennale (2000). The Chinese title means (approximately) "Uncooperative attitude", but the organizers preferred the blunter English title. The Ai Weiwei inscription reflects his series of images showing him giving the finger to the White House, the Forbidden City, etc.


C Estate of Frederieke Sanders Taylor

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for $468 (includes buyer's premium)

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