Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei, Forever bicycles 2011, image courtesy Ai Weiwei studio

In a world first, National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) will present Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei (11 December 2015 – 24 April 2016), a major international exhibition featuring two of the most significant artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei, developed by the NGV and The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, USA, with the participation of Ai Weiwei, will explore the influence of the two artists on modern and contemporary life, focussing on the parallels, intersections and points of difference between the two artists’ practices.

Surveying the scope of both artists’ careers, the exhibition at the NGV will present over 300 works, including major new commissions, immersive installations and a wide representation of paintings, sculpture, film, photography, publishing and social media.

Presenting the work of both artists’ in dialogue and correspondence, the exhibition will explore modern and contemporary art, life and cultural politics through the activities of two exemplary figures – one of whom represents twentieth century modernity and the ‘American century’; and the other contemporary life in the twenty-first century and what has been heralded as the ‘Chinese century’ to come.

For the full media release click here.

For media enquiries, contact Sharon Wells: info@baccstudio.com, 0419 508 619 or Marion Joseph from NGV: marion.joseph@ngv.vic.gov.au or 0427 147 999