WhereDaily News: "Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads: Gold" Opens to the Public Saturday, February 13 at the Tucson Museum of Art
TUCSON, AZ--(Marketwired - January 05, 2016) - Ai Weiwei, one of the most renowned living contemporary artists, has captivated the world's attention through his poignant and multi-layered works that examine sociopolitical and human rights challenges faced in China. Throughout his career as an artist and activist, Ai Weiwei has used sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and post-modern art techniques such appropriation and reframing of historical objects to address timely and universal truths about cultural trends and their consequences. Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads: Gold, will open to the public on Saturday, February 13, 2016, at the Tucson Museum Museum of Art (TMA) in historic downtown Tucson. This is the first presentation of Ai Weiwei's work in Southern Arizona.