Dalla pop art di Warhol ai selfie di Ai Weiwei

13 Dicembre 2015

La National Gallery of Victoria di Melbourne ha appena inaugurato una “doppia personale” d’eccezione. Due degli artisti più influenti del nostro tempo, Ai Weiwei ed Andy Warhol, si confrontano idealmente sul terreno espositivo, aprendo la strada a paralleli, differenze, intersezioni e tangenze tra le rispettive pratiche artistiche e i contesti di riferimento - l’America del secondo Novecento e la Cina di oggi; lasciando spazio a una riflessione più ampia sul rapporto tra arte, politica, società e mass-media.

Veduta dell’allestimento della mostra Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, National Gallery of Victoria, 11 dicembre 2015 – 24 aprile 2016. Andy Warhol artwork © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Administered by Viscopy, Sydney; Ai Weiwei artwork © Ai Weiwei. Photo: Brooke Holm
Veduta dell’allestimento della mostra Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, National Gallery of Victoria, 11 dicembre 2015 – 24 aprile 2016. Andy Warhol artwork © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Administered by Viscopy, Sydney; Ai Weiwei artwork © Ai Weiwei. Photo: John Gollings
Veduta dell’allestimento della mostra Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, National Gallery of Victoria, 11 dicembre 2015 – 24 aprile 2016. Andy Warhol artwork © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Administered by Viscopy, Sydney; Ai Weiwei artwork © Ai Weiwei. Photo: Brooke Holm
Ai Weiwei presso la mostra Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, National Gallery of Victoria, 11 dicembre 2015 – 24 aprile 2016. Ai Weiwei artwork © Ai Weiwei. Photo: John Gollings
Veduta dell’allestimento della mostra Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, National Gallery of Victoria, 11 dicembre 2015 – 24 aprile 2016. Andy Warhol artwork © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Administered by Viscopy, Sydney; Ai Weiwei artwork © Ai Weiwei. Photo: John Gollings
Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait No. 9, 1986, 203.5 x 203.7 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Gallery Women’s Association, Governor, 1987 © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Ai Weiwei con le Silver Clouds di Andy Warhol, @aiww, Instagram, 2015, Ai Weiwei Studio © Ai Weiwei; Andy Warhol artwork © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Veduta dell’allestimento della mostra Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, National Gallery of Victoria, 11 dicembre 2015 – 24 aprile 2016. Andy Warhol artwork © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Administered by Viscopy, Sydney; Ai Weiwei artwork © Ai Weiwei. Photo: Brooke Holm
Ai Weiwei, Coloured Vases, 2006, Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio © Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei, Neolithic Pottery with Coca Cola Logo, 2007, 27.94 x 24.89 cm, Private collection, Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio © Ai Weiwei
Andy Warhol, Three Marilyns, 1962, 35.6 x 85.1 cm, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.2866 © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Andy Warhol, Silver Liz [Ferus Type], 1963, 101.6 x 101.6 cm, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.2866 © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Andy Warhol, Jackie, 1964, 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.9 cm, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.2866 © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait with Skull 1977, Polaroid™ Polacolor Type 108, 10.8 x 8.6 cm, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. 1998.1.2866 © 2015 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc./ARS, New York. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney.
Ai Weiwei, Tiananmen Square, Pechino, China, 1995, dalla serie Study of Perspective series 1995–2011, Ai Weiwei Studio © Ai Weiwei