By Faizal Khan Feb 3, 2020 6:01:38 PM IST (Updated)
Berlin gallery neugerriemschneider came to the India Art Fair for the first time last year with the works of Ai Weiwei. One of them, the 2017 work of the famous Chinese contemporary artist titled Journey, was a porcelain vase with a migrant caravan painted around it. This time, neugerriemschneider was back at the India Art Fair, held during January 30-February 2 in New Delhi, with Ai Weiwei in Qing dynasty stools and Brazilian tree roots.
Berlin gallery neugerriemschneider came to the India Art Fair for the first time last year with the works of Ai Weiwei. One of them, the 2017 work of the famous Chinese contemporary artist titled Journey, was a porcelain vase with a migrant caravan painted around it. This time, neugerriemschneider was back at the India Art Fair, held during January 30-February 2 in New Delhi, with Ai Weiwei in Qing dynasty stools and Brazilian tree roots.
"It was just curiosity," says neugerriemschneider's Burkhard Riemschneider about participating in the 2019 edition of India Art Fair. "We liked it and we are back," adds Riemschneider. The Berlin gallery was one of the most-visited gallery booths at the 12th edition of the art fair, drawing art enthusiasts to the works of Ai.
Grapes, one of the works of Ai, is an installation made of 26 stools from the Qing dynasty that ruled China between the 17th century and early 20th century. The three-legged wooden stool, one of the oldest forms of furniture from China, represents an abandoned domestic component of Chinese culture. Ai creates a wooden sculpture from these handcrafted stools giving them an aesthetic and political expression.