documenta 12: Aue Pavilion
A selection of art works at documenta 12, 16 June - 23 Sept. 2007, Kassel, Germany. Artistic director: Roger M. Buergel; curator: Ruth Noack. 119 participants.
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* 1957 Beijing, China
Fairytale. 2007
1001 Chinese visitors, 1001 Qing Dynasty wooden chairs
Aue Pavilion
Ai Weiwei invited 1,001 Chinese to come to Kassel as a "social sculpture". For logistic reasons, they were ultimately unable to come all at once, arriving in five groups instead.
Analogously, the artist distributed 1,001 restored wooden chairs from the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) in all the exhibition sites. They are set up in rows or groups as resting places for the public.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
A selection of art works at documenta 12, 16 June - 23 Sept. 2007, Kassel, Germany. Artistic director: Roger M. Buergel; curator: Ruth Noack. 119 participants.