E.A.T. 2023: Ai Weiwei, Uli Sigg and Hans Ulrich Obrist

#EAT #EngadinArtTalks #ArtInEngadin #Zuoz #ArtTalks #Art #ChineseArt #ArtistOnTheRun Ai Weiwei & Uli Sigg A Conversation Ai Weiwei, Artist On the run | Uli Sigg, Art Collector, Switzerland, moderated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, E.A.T. Curator Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (b. 1957, Beijing, China) leads a diverse and prolific practice that encompasses sculptural installation, filmmaking, photography, ceramics, painting, writing and social media. A conceptual artist who fuses traditional craftsmanship and his Chinese heritage, Ai Weiwei moves freely between a variety of formal languages to reflect on the contemporary geopolitical and sociopolitical condition. Ai Weiwei’s work and life regularly interact and inform one another, often extending to his activism and advocacy for international human rights. Uli Sigg Uli Sigg did a PhD in Law, then as a journalist wrote for various Swiss newspapers. In 1980, working for an industrial enterprise he established the first Joint Venture between China and the outside world. In 1995, the Swiss government appointed him ambassador to China, North Korea and Mongolia. Upon his return to Switzerland, he again assumed the chairmanship or board membership of several multinational companies. He currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the Ringier Group and Member of the Advisory Board of China Development Bank. He is actively invested in mobility and biotech ventures. As an art collector, Uli Sigg formed the most significant collection of contemporary Chinese art in the world, with more than 2’500 works. In 2012, he donated 1450 of these works to M+ Museum for Visual Arts in Hong Kong. He also established 1997 the Chinese Contemporary Art Award (CCAA) for Chinese contemporary artists living in Greater China, now transformed into the SIGG PRIZE. He is a member of the M+ Museum Board, the International Council of New York Modern Art Museum MOMA and International Advisory Council of Tate Gallery, London.