Ai, Weiwei. <br/><br/>
Ai Weiwei :  circle of animals / 
 Circle of animals 
edited and with an introduction by Susan Delson. 
 - Munich ;  London ;  New York :  Prestel,  ©2011. 
 - 219 pages :  illustrations (some color) ;  29 cm 
<br/><br/> "Published in association with AW Asia, New York, on the occasion of the traveling installation Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Headlong into history /  Circle of animals/zodiac heads :  bronze, texts by /  "My work is always a readymade" :  interview with Ai Weiwei --  Monkey king makes havoc :  Ai Weiwei conducts a carnival of the animals /  The original and the copy :  Ai Weiwei and the fate of the zodiac heads /  Circle of animals/zodiac heads :  gold --  Circle of animals/zodiac heads and the twelve-animal cycle in China /  Mid-Qing arts and Jesuit visions :  visual encounters and exchanges in 18th-century Beijing /  Heads of state :  looting, nationalism, and repatriation of the Zodiac bronzes /  The heads at auction :  two experts weigh in /  The zodiac heads and the auction block /  Susan Delson --  Paola Dematte --  Karen Smith --  Charles Merewether --  Paola Demattè --  Marco Musillo --  Kristina Kleutghen --  Lark E. Mason & Joe-Hynn Yang --  Colin Jones. 
<br/><br/> This title looks at Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Heads', his twelve large bronze animal heads depicting the ancient Chinese zodiac. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783791346366 (hbk.) 3791346369 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011933708 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Ai, Weiwei. Circle of animals/Zodiac heads (Bronze) --Exhibitions.<br/>Ai, Weiwei. Circle of animals/Zodiac heads (Gold) --Exhibitions.<br/>Ai, Weiwei--Criticism and interpretation.<br/>Ai, Weiwei--Interviews.<br/>Ai, Weiwei, 1957- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animal sculpture--China--Exhibitions.<br/>Zodiac in art--Exhibitions.<br/>Art thefts--History--China--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>730.92 WEI