TY - BOOK AU - Ai,Weiwei AU - Delson,Susan ED - AW Asia (Organization) TI - Ai Weiwei: circle of animals SN - 9783791346366 (hbk.) U1 - 730.92 WEI PY - 2011/// CY - Munich, London, New York PB - Prestel KW - Ai, Weiwei. KW - Ai, Weiwei KW - Ai, Weiwei, KW - Animal sculpture KW - China KW - Exhibitions KW - Zodiac in art KW - Art thefts KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Yuan Ming Yuan (Beijing, China) N1 - "Published in association with AW Asia, New York, on the occasion of the traveling installation Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Headlong into history; Susan Delson --; Circle of animals/zodiac heads; bronze, texts by; Paola Dematte --; "My work is always a readymade"; interview with Ai Weiwei --; Monkey king makes havoc; Ai Weiwei conducts a carnival of the animals; Karen Smith --; The original and the copy; Ai Weiwei and the fate of the zodiac heads; Charles Merewether --; Circle of animals/zodiac heads; gold --; Circle of animals/zodiac heads and the twelve-animal cycle in China; Paola Demattè --; Mid-Qing arts and Jesuit visions; visual encounters and exchanges in 18th-century Beijing; Marco Musillo --; Heads of state; looting, nationalism, and repatriation of the Zodiac bronzes; Kristina Kleutghen --; The heads at auction; two experts weigh in; Lark E. Mason & Joe-Hynn Yang --; The zodiac heads and the auction block; Colin Jones N2 - This title looks at Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's 'Circle of Heads', his twelve large bronze animal heads depicting the ancient Chinese zodiac UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2011933708-d.html ER -