Chinese controversial artist and his metal art

Ai Weiwei, a Chinese contemporary artist, born in Beijing, China is active in sculpture, installation, architecture, photography, film but also in social, political and cultural criticism. He collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Olympics.

Inspiration in metal

Ai Weiwei created a massive metal bird wing. He wanted to represent freedom but the installation is immobilized like a trapped animal inside one of America’s most notorious prisons – Alcatraz. It can be only seen from above. Visitors are placed as an authority but they still don’t have full access to the installation.

It weights more than five tons and the whole sculpture is earthbound. The wings are made from reflective solar cookers and kettles used in Tibet. His artwork is kind of a word play, merging together the material quality – metal and concept of freedom.

Inspiration in bicycles

Cycling is one of the most common forms of transportation in China. However, Ai Weiwei removed their primary function and made the static. There isn’t anymore freedom associated with cycling and bicycles are piled together forming a labyrinth that keeps them immobile and useless. The visitor can stand below the installation and observe details from new angle and gain a new perspective on the bicycles.

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Silvia M.//SMC Editor

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Credits and pictures : wikipedia.com, inhabitat.com, aiweiwei.com, googleimages

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For Our Brazilian Readers: O Que a Estatua da Liberdade Tem Em Comum Com Uma Das Motocicletas Fabricadas Pela OCC (Orange County Choppers)?

A Estatua da Liberadade e uma escultura neoclassica, Localizada na “Liberty Island”, em Nova York. A estatua foi projetada por Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi e foi um presente dado aos Americanos pelos franceses no dia 28 de Outubro de 1886. A estatua representa “Libertas”, a Deusa Romana que representa a liberdade, e m suas maos possue uma tocha e tambem um tabuleiro onde esta escrito a data da declracao de independencia dos Estados Unidos, $ de Julho de 1776. Em seus pes ha uma corrente quebrada, que simboliza a liberdade conquistada pelos Estados Unidos.

Na primeira impressao a OCC nao tem nada em comum com a Estatua da Liberdade; entretanto, em um de seus projetos a OCC fez algo incrivel e inesperado.

A Estatua da Liberdade completou 124 anos no dia 28 de outubro de 2010, e em sua homenagem a OCC fez uma motocycleta personalizada. A “Liberty Bike” ou moto da liberdade foi revestida com uma camada de cobre retirada da propria estatua durante a sua ultima restauracao em 1986. Com isso a motocicleta passou a fazer parte da historia dos Estados Unidos e representa a liberdade em todos os aspectos.

O fundadaor da Orange County Choppers (Paul Teutul Sr.) estava pronto para acelerar a motocicleta desde a sua chegada em Nova York ate o local da cerimonia de entrega, e onde a motocicleta ficara em esposicao.

A motocicleta alem de ser revestida com o proprio cobre retirado da estatua, ela tambem possui varios detalhes que fazem com que a motocicleta tenha uma caracteristica unica. O passador de marchas fazia parte de um cabo que costumava levar eletricidade ate a tocha que a estatua segura em sua mao direita.Outro detalhe importante se da no DaVinci carburador da moto que foi feito sob medida e totalmente personalizado e que tambem se acende quando o motor esta em funcionamento.

Detalhes nas rodas tambem sao facil visualizadas e distinguidas devido ao formato da coroa da estatua e tambem foram revestidas em cobre.

O motor de 131 polegadas cubicas e tambem revestido em cobre, e demonstra toda sua capacidade ao se acelerar a motocicleta que possiu escapamento com um barulho inigualavel.

A motocicleta confeccionada pela OCC ficou em exposicao por dois anos, antes de partir para uma viajem que durou 17 meses para  arrecadacao de fundos para a proxima restauracao da estatua.

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Why is the Statue of Liberty Green?

If you ever traveled to the astounding New York City before you most likely went to see the Statue of Liberty from very close. If not face-to-face you might have seen it on TV or stamped on a travel magazine, andvery often Hollywood movies play a scene or two, romantic or not. From far or close everyone could recognize it, the symbol of freedom and democracy in the heart of NYC.

The Statue of Liberty was a special gift from France to the USA as a representation of friendship during the Revolutionary War. It arrived in New York Harbor on June 19, 1885. The statue came in 350 pieces and was assembled once got in America. The Statue of Liberty Represents the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas, holding a torch in one hand and a tablet with the date of the Declaration of Independence in the other.

Built in France, the statue is made of hundreds of thin copper sheets assembled on a frame of steel support. The thickness of the copper outer layer is only 3/32 of an inch – the thickness of two pennies put together. Despite how thin it is, the copper is strong. The amount of copper in the Statue of Liberty could make 30 million pennies!

The statue’s original color was dull brown, reflecting the natural color of its copper plates. However, due to a natural weathering process, oxidation, air and water reacted with the copper plates, turning it slowly to the green color you see today. Although some people thought this process meant it was rotting, the weathering of the copper created a thin layer of copper carbonate, called a patina, which actually protects the copper underneath from further corrosion.

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Source: wonderpolis.org, visualnews.com, nypost.com, controversialdocumentaries.blogspot.com, prweb.com, commons.wikimedia.org

Camilla G.//SMC Editor

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