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Ai Weiwei is ringing in the Lunar New Year with a limited edition Year of the Snake print. The piece nods to the legend of the White Snake, a popular love story in Chinese folklore, where Happy Lunar New Year! As we enter the Year of the Snake, Ai Weiwei shares his wisdom for the year ahead and explains why the snake is not only the most misunderstood animal in the Zodiac, but the most pertinent symbol of our times. Each year before the Lunar New Year, Ai WeiWei releases a print for collectors to buy. Last year, he put out Everyone is a dragon, a print of a LEGO-influenced dragon. This year’s print is a pixel-snake titled Combat fear with truth, which will be available to purchase for 24 hours on AvanteArt.com on January 29, the first day of the Lunar Ai Weiwei is ringing in the Lunar New Year with a limited edition Year of the Snake print. Produced in collaboration with Avant Arte, Combat fear with truth is the latest installment in a series of works that reimagine the symbolism of the ancient Chinese zodiac, following last year’s Everyone is a dragon drop. Renowned contemporary artist Ai Weiwei is ushering in the Lunar New Year with a striking new work, Combat fear with truth. This limited-edition silkscreen print, created in collaboration with Ai Weiwei is ringing in the Chinese New Year with a new print release with Avant Arte.Entitled Guardian, the artwork makes reference to the myriad symbols and motifs that the Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, one of the greatest artists in the world and designer of the exclusive Chinese New Year cover adorning the Standard today, knows a thing or two about crises. In celebration, provocative Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s FAKE (read fah-kuh) design office has created a contemporary version of a Chinese New Year’s tradition: Door Gods for 2011 (seen above As part of Ai Weiwei’s ongoing exploration of Chinese history, beliefs, and craftsmanship, he notably reinterpreted the Zodiac in his 2010 public sculpture, Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads. In conjunction with this exhibition, Pace Prints will release a new limited print edition, Year of the Ox (2021). Acknowledging the ancient Chinese lunar New Year, Ai Weiwei: Year of the Ox centers on Ai’s twelve-part work Zodiac (2018). This series of portraits is made of brightly colored LEGO bricks that reference the artificial Day-Glo Delve into the realm where artistic vision intertwines with AI in this meticulously crafted series of 81 silkscreen prints by Ai Weiwei. As the Year of the Dragon dawns, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has released “Zodiac,” a “graphic memoir” of scenes from his career — both real (hanging with Allen Ginsberg, the O.G. of Middle Finger (Edition 1 of 4), 2000, Ai Weiwei, Chinese, b. 1957, gilt bronze, 14 x 27.5 x 9 in., Image courtesy of The Albertina Museum, Vienna / Lisa Rastl and Reiner Riedler and Ai Weiwei Studio, Ai Weiwei. The middle finger motif appears in many works by Ai Weiwei, beginning with his famed Study of Perspective series (1995–2011). This article delves into Ai Weiwei’s journey, his significant artworks, and the lasting impact he has had on the global art and human rights landscape. Ai Weiwei’s Early Life and Background. Ai Weiwei was born on August 28, 1957, in Beijing, China, into a family deeply affected by political oppression. Ai Weiwei wanted to identify every child lost under the rubble. A year after the tragedy, the artist uncovered more than 5,000 names, but the authorities immediately blocked his attempts to publish the list. The same year, Ai Weiwei and his assistant were assaulted by police officers and beaten so severely that the artist required brain surgery. After eight years, New York City once again hosts Chinese artist, designer and activist Ai Weiwei for an exhibition titled What You See is What You See, that showcases 12 works made with Lego bricks. The show focuses on issues concerning freedom of expression and the geopolitical conflicts of our time. Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist and activist whose work included sculptural installations, architectural projects, photographs, and videos. While Ai’s art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from Chinese authorities. Ai Weiwei attended the Beijing Film Academy and the Parsons School of Design in New York. He has received the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (2008); an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Politics and Social Science, University of Ghent, Belgium (2010); the Skowhegan Medal (2011); Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent from the Human Rights Foundation (2012); Adrienne Clarkson Prize for Ai Weiwei is the most famous Chinese artist living today. As an activist, he calls attention to human rights violations on an epic scale; as an artist, he expands the definition of art to include new forms of social engagement. The Zodiac Project is Ai Weiwei's first major public sculpture. For this monumental new work, Ai has recreated the famous twelve bronze animal heads that once adorned the Zodiac Fountain in Yuan Ming Yuan, the Old Summer Palace, in Beijing. Cast around 1750, the original heads were looted by Anglo-French troops who took part in the destruction of Yuan Ming Yuan in 1860 during the Second Opium
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