SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
12 November 2015 Ai Weiwei creates jewellery line of ‘wearable sculptures’ by Dan Rule Read pdf
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
12 November 2015 Little jewels: Ai Weiwei remembers quake’s child victims in intimate scale by Enid Tsui Read pdf
FORBES LIFESTYLE
10 November 2015 Contemporary Artist Pedro Cabrita Reis Creates Jewelry Line for Elisabetta Cipriani by Grace Banks Read pdf
Elle Decor IT
26 October 2015 Gioielli come Opere d’ Arte. Le creazioni di Elisabetta Cipriani by Valentina Mariani Read pdf
AI WEIWEI REBAR IN GOLD
Elisabetta Cipriani is delighted to announce a unique exhibition with renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Cipriani works with internationally acclaimed contemporary artists to create one of a kind wearable sculptures made from precious materials. The exclusive collection by Ai Weiwei entitled Rebar in Gold will be on view at Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery in Mayfair from 12 November 2015 – 16 January 2016. Rebar in Gold takes root in Ai Weiwei’s investigation into the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, which killed approximately 70,000 people. Ai’s concern focused on the distressing number of children who perished due to the poor construction techniques used to build government schools. Upon visiting Wenchuan after the earthquake, Ai found a mass of contorted steel rebar, left behind from the fallen school buildings. Ai purchased 200 tonnes of the material from the scrapyards where they were sent after the sites were cleared, for use in a bold body of work dedicated to the catastrophe. For the exhibition at Elisabetta Cipriani, Ai Weiwei has chosen gold, a material traditionally reflecting eternity and wealth, a direct contradiction to the sudden, tragic destruction caused by the earthquake and as a consequence of substandard government building regulations. Rebar […]