Learn about three masterful contemporary sculptors: Ai Weiwei, Magdalena Abakanowicz, and Jean Shin.

1. MULTIPLES
IN
SCULPTURE

2. Ai Weiwei
"Untitled" (2011)—an outdoor installation at Harvard University—and the
accompanying sound piece, "Remembrance" (2010).

3. Installation:
multiple
backpacks
Audio: reading
of 5000 names
of students lost
in earthquake

4. Forever (2003)
Bicycles in a
circle honor
China’s favorite
mode of
transportation
in the mid-
1900’s

5. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads, Ai Weiwei, 2011

6. Magdalena
Abakanowicz
In the 60’s broke with the
tradition of flat surfaces of
decorative textiles hung
against the walls. Later
uses bronze, wood, stone.
“Shows a man of lost
identity, an … everyman,
emphasizing the
commonness of human
fate.”

10. Jean Shin
creates
elaborate
sculptures
and site-
specific
installation
using
accumulated
cast-off
materials.
Sound Wave, 2007

11. Everyday Monuments, 2009

12. Chance City, 2001-09 (Thousands of dollars-worth of discarded losing lottery tickets)