Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
2011
Format
Other
Materials
Printed Wallpaper
Description
I.O.U. Wallpaper is an installation consisting of printed promissory notes issued by Ai Weiwei to his financial supporters. In 2011, Ai was detained by Chinese government for 81 days. Following his release, a company associated with him faced a substantial tax penalty. To help him through this financial burden, thousands of supporters contributed money to Ai Weiwei through online platforms. In response, Ai issued individual promissory notes to his supporters, and later reproduced these notes as wallpaper. (Source: https://www.artzip.org/ai-weiwei) (Yida Du ’29)
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