{"id":146043,"date":"2017-01-12T10:05:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T10:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=146043"},"modified":"2017-01-12T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T10:18:55","slug":"chinese-cycling-art-ai-weiweis-sculptures-symbolize-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/01\/12\/chinese-cycling-art-ai-weiweis-sculptures-symbolize-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Cycling Art: Ai Weiwei\u2019s Sculptures Symbolize Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bicycles have been part of the Chinese artist\u2019s art installations since &#8220;Very Yao&#8221; in 2008. And as the years pass, his works have got bigger and bigger. Ai Weiwei is using loads of the Shanghai Forever Company bicycles to make massive artworks. Their repetitiveness is supposed to allude to mass production, which is a key feature of Chinese industry. The static arrangements offer an illusion of movement, thus symbolizing the freedom that a bicycle can give you. Or perhaps the illusion of movement is just another commentary on Chinese society? Only Ai Weiwei knows.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146051\" style=\"width: 818px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146051 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/veryyao02.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"545\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very Yao (2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146052\" style=\"width: 818px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146052 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/veryyao01.jpg\" width=\"818\" height=\"613\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very Yao (2009)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146055\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146055\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/muck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very Yao (2009) 150 bicycles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146049\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146049 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/accordingtowhat.jpg\" width=\"547\" height=\"349\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">According to what (2010)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146048\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/foreverbicyclestaiper2011.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forever Bicycles (Taipei 2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146047\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/ForeverBicyclesToronto2013.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forever Bicycles (Toronto 2013)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146046\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146046\" style=\"width: 784px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/01\/Forever-Bicycles-by-Ai-Weiwei-at-the-Lisson-Gallery-Venice_dezeen_ss_1.jpg\" width=\"784\" height=\"560\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forever Bicycles (Venice 2014)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bicycles have been part of the Chinese artist\u2019s art installations since &#8220;Very Yao&#8221; in 2008. 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