In her series, Ai Weiwei Portrait From Favicon: April 5, 2012, Smith focuses on Ai Weiwei, the artist and political activist. She pays tribute to Weiwei by drawing from the internet as source material and creating portraits of the artist from screen shots of his website and favicon on April 5, 2012, the day after the Chinese government ordered the shut down of Weiwei’s studio web cams. The resulting large-format prints are blown-up, pixelated, and dreamy representations of Ai Weiwei—imperfect icons of a savvy artist who utilizes the internet to speak truth to power and invert the power pyramid.
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In her series, Ai Weiwei Portrait From Favicon: April 5, 2012, Smith focuses on Ai Weiwei, the artist and political activist. She pays tribute to Weiwei by drawing from the internet as source material and creating portraits of the artist from screen shots of his website and favicon on April 5, 2012, the day after the Chinese government ordered the shut down of Weiwei’s studio web cams. The resulting large-format prints are blown-up, pixelated, and dreamy representations of Ai Weiwei—imperfect icons of a savvy artist who utilizes the internet to speak truth to power and invert the power pyramid.
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- Year Created: 2012
- Submitted to ArtBase: Friday Apr 13th, 2012
- Original Url: http://www.juliakimsmith.com/aiweiwei01.html
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Work Credits:
- Julia Kim Smith, artist
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