此书所收文章全部选自艾未未曾经的博客，选取内容是博客文字与艺术、建筑、摄影相关的文章和一部分艾未未对艺术家所做的访谈及为艺术家策划的展览的序言，以及一部分艾未未的被访谈的整理。时间是在2005年底至2008年中。
互联网的虚拟存在成为现实的一部分，极大拓展了我们的生存空间，使不擅长文字的艾未未产生表达欲望和传达之可能，这也成为这本书出现的自我矛盾的理由。

This selection of 227 photographs taken by Ai Weiwei (born 1957) during his early years living on New York City’s Lower East Side between 1983 and 1993, provides invaluable insights into the formative years of China’s most celebrated and controversial contemporary artist. The photographs document Ai Weiwei’s own development as an artist and public figure in New York, as well as the transformation of the East Village from a desolate scene of urban blight into a desirable residential neighborhood, also capturing along the way significant events such as the Tompkins Square Park riots and the AIDS epidemic. Over four years in preparation, and published here for the first time, these photographs are edited and digitized from a massive trove of more than 10,000 photographs from Ai Weiwei’s New York years, and collectively constitute a visual autobiography of this formative period in his life.

In Ai Weiwei’s widely anticipated memoir, “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times) tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, the nation’s most celebrated poet.
“With uncommon humanity, humbling scholarship, and poignant intimacy, Ai Weiwei recounts a life of courage, argument, defeat, and triumph. His is one of the great voices of our time.”—Andrew Solomon
Hailed as “an eloquent and seemingly unsilenceable voice of freedom” by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process.
Once an intimate of Mao Zedong and the nation’s most celebrated poet, Ai Weiwei’s father, Ai Qing, was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as “Little Siberia,” where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol. With candor and wit, he details his return to China and his rise from artistic unknown to art world superstar and international human rights activist—and how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime.
Ai Weiwei’s sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his life story and that of his father, whose creativity was stifled.
At once ambitious and intimate, Ai Weiwei’s 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows offers a deep understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China, and serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.

現代中国のポップ・アイコンであり、民主化・公民運動の旗手である艾未未。つねに軽やかで型にはまらず真摯かつ奇抜なアイデアで世界をあっと言わせるこの男は、中国当局の要注意人物であり、若者たちのヒーローである。最も困難な国で、最も勇敢なアーティストの実態に迫る。

This volume is the most comprehensive look at Beijing-based painter Liu Xiaodong, who was born in 1963, to date. Articles, interviews and essays are accompanied by high quality, fold-out reproductions of his most significant pieces in this beautifully-designed volume. As the title suggests, Liu paints from life--drawing from the rich history of the practice in Chinese art. Eschewing any sense of Romanticism about his subjects, Liu approaches his fusion of landscape painting and portraiture pragmatically. "Eighteen Soldiers Between Mainland and Taiwan" (2004), for example, is a horizontal painting segmented into eight sections, each of which contains a full-body portrait of a soldier staring impassively at the viewer or into the distance; each stands against a different background: a horizon of sea and sky, tanks and bunkers, trees and barbed wire. Included are texts by artist Ai Weiwei and curator Pi Li.

當今世上最有創意的反抗者 回憶父親艾青，觀照自己的人生與藝術 以三代歷程透視當代中國 記述祕密監禁81天的經過 卡夫卡式的荒謬情境真實上演 作者親繪封面及55幅內頁素描 父親翻開《辭海》，閉上他的眼睛，他的手指摁在了「未」字上，說：就叫「未未」吧。 艾未未，對著中國權力中心比中指的藝術家，他的藝術行動總是切中社會脈動，用大膽的創意挑釁強權，解構文化，為弱勢發聲。其實，他的身世與中國近百年的歷史有著千絲萬縷的關係。 他的父親艾青是中國的大詩人，在延安與中共第一代領導人有過來往，還參與了中華人民共和國建國時的國旗和國徽設計，也是智利詩人聶魯達的好友。但在共產黨接二連三的運動中，他被標籤為右派，流放到北大荒和新疆等偏遠地區。艾未未的人生有近二十年的時間，跟著在農場接受勞動改造的父親一起生活。 青年時期對現狀的不滿，刺激他離開這個國家，遠赴美國學藝術。在紐約，生活中要面對貧窮，精神上卻連連受到激盪──杜象的啟發、安迪．沃荷帶給他的震撼、民主示威運動的驚奇。跟艾倫•金斯伯格往來讓他更擴展了視野。艾未未的藝術從早期就充滿反叛精神。 回到中國後，他讓種種不公與荒謬的現象公諸於世，引起中國人民的廣大迴響，更成為了國際級藝術巨星。他是北京奧林匹克體育場「鳥巢」的設計者之一。《金融時報》將他譽為「當世最重要的藝術家」，《紐約時報》稱他「雄辯且拒絕沉默的自由之聲」。然而，中國當局卻越來越視他為眼中釘，限縮他的人身自由。艾未未日日處在監視器和國安探員的窺伺下，甚至遭到當局祕密監禁。 這是一部含有多重意義的回憶錄，不僅縱觀艾未未的創作歷程，顯示這位藝術家如何透過作品和行動跟社會對話，也呈現中國百年發展的縮影，從中日戰爭、國共內戰到反右運動及文化大革命，從天安門事件到COVID-19爆發，甚至述及現在全球關注的難民潮。個人史、家史、國史環環相扣，刻畫入微的紀實文字蘊含對人權、人道關懷及言論自由的奮戰精神。 「美和理性是不屈服的，無論它們以何種形式消失，一定會再以反叛的形式釋放出來。」 ──艾未未 各界人士讚佩推薦 愛德華．史諾頓 (Edward Snowden) 艾爾頓．強 (Elton John) 安德魯．所羅門 (Andrew Solomon) 角谷美智子 (Michiko Kakutani) 歐逸文 (Evan Osnos) 百靈果NEWS（Podcaster） 房慧真（作家） 林昶佐（立法委員） 范琪斐（資深媒體人） 張雍（攝影師）

i Weiwei's Blog
Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009
Ai Weiwei
Translated by Lee Ambrozy
In 2006, even though he could barely type, China's most famous artist started blogging. For more than three years, Ai Weiwei turned out a steady stream of scathing social commentary, criticism of government policy, thoughts on art and architecture, and autobiographical writings. He wrote about the Sichuan earthquake (and posted a list of the schoolchildren who died because of the government’s "tofu-dregs engineering"), reminisced about Andy Warhol and the East Village art scene, described the irony of being investigated for "fraud" by the Ministry of Public Security, made a modest proposal for tax collection. Then, on June 1, 2009, Chinese authorities shut down the blog. This book offers a collection of Ai's online writings translated into English--the most complete, public documentation of the original Chinese blog available in any language.
The New York Times has called Ai "a figure of Warholian celebrity." He is a leading figure on the international art scene, a regular in museums and biennials, but in China he is a manifold and controversial presence: artist, architect, curator, social critic, justice-seeker. He was a consultant on the design of the famous "Bird’s Nest" stadium but called for an Olympic boycott; he received a Chinese Contemporary Art "lifetime achievement award" in 2008 but was beaten by the police in connection with his "citizen investigation" of earthquake casualties in 2009. Ai Weiwei's Blog documents Ai's passion, his genius, his hubris, his righteous anger, and his vision for China.
About the Author
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957), artist, architect, activist, and outspoken social critic, is one of the most famous and controversial figures in China today. His work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, Australia, and the United States, in venues ranging from the Venice Biennale to the Guangzhou Triennial. Lee Ambrozy is a writer and researcher based at Beijing's Central Academy of Fine Arts, and the editor of Artforum China http://www.artforum.com.cn/
“Blogging produces reality rather than simply representing it. Ai Weiwei is among our very best guides to this new terrain: one of the greatest living international artists and a fighter for more freedom. Ai Weiwei’s daily blog entries, gathered here, will make the reader see the world in a different and startlingly original light.”
—Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London
“Ai Weiwei is a widely acclaimed artist, an innovative designer, an influential architect, a visionary urbanist, a competitive cook, and even a great hairdresser. He is also a compelling and disputatious writer who knows how to address and to rally a wide audience, voicing his own dissatisfaction, and that of his fellow countrymen, at being confronted on a daily basis with the alarming glibness of a rampant Chinese society and its disquieting political representation.”
—Chris Dercon, Director, Tate Modern
“The works and words of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who lived in New York during formative years of his artistic development, seem to arise not only from the venerable cultural traditions of his homeland but also from those commenced in colonial America with the ‘Common Sense’ political activism of Thomas Paine, further fused with the trickster antics of the Native American Coyote character and the lingering specter of Andy Warhol’s media savvy. It remains to be seen what will become of this broadly transnational artist amidst the turbulent global culture of our time, but he is not easily ignored.”
—Jock Reynolds, Henry J. Heinz II Director, Yale University Art Gallery

Ai Weiwei Disposition is published to celebrate the exhibition, held in two locations, at Zuecca Project Space on Giudecca (entitled Straight) and in the church of Sant'Antonin (entitled S.A.C.R.E.D) in Venice, as a Collateral Event of the 55th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, 29 May - 15 September 2013.

In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei--one of the world's most famous artists and activists--tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet.

Hailed as "the most important artist working today" by the Financial Times and as "an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom" by The New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last 100 years while illuminating his artistic process.
 
Once an intimate of Mao Zedong, Ai Weiwei's father was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as "Little Siberia," where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol. With candor and wit, he details his return to China and his rise from artistic unknown to art world superstar and international human rights activist--and how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime.
 
Ai Weiwei's sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his own life story and that of his father, whose own creativity was stifled.
 
At once ambitious and intimate, 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows offers a deep understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China, and serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.

The “intimate and expansive” (Time) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” (Financial Times), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process
 
“Poignant . . . An illuminating through-line emerges in the many parallels Ai traces between his life and his father’s.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
 
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BookPage, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews
 
Once a close associate of Mao Zedong and the nation’s most celebrated poet, Ai Weiwei’s father, Ai Qing, was branded a rightist during the Cultural Revolution, and he and his family were banished to a desolate place known as “Little Siberia,” where Ai Qing was sentenced to hard labor cleaning public toilets. Ai Weiwei recounts his childhood in exile, and his difficult decision to leave his family to study art in America, where he befriended Allen Ginsberg and was inspired by Andy Warhol and the artworks of Marcel Duchamp. With candor and wit, he details his return to China and his rise from artistic unknown to art world superstar and international human rights activist—and how his work has been shaped by living under a totalitarian regime.

Ai Weiwei’s sculptures and installations have been viewed by millions around the globe, and his architectural achievements include helping to design the iconic Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium in Beijing. His political activism has long made him a target of the Chinese authorities, which culminated in months of secret detention without charge in 2011. Here, for the first time, Ai Weiwei explores the origins of his exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs through his life story and that of his father, whose creativity was stifled.

At once ambitious and intimate, Ai Weiwei’s 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows offers a deep understanding of the myriad forces that have shaped modern China, and serves as a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression.

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through interwoven stories from all the seasons of his life.

As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists' ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist Gianluca Costantini present Zodiac , Ai Weiwei's first graphic memoir.

Inspired by the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac and their associated human characteristics, Ai Weiwei masterfully interweaves ancient Chinese folklore with stories of his life, family, and career. The narrative shifts back and forth through the years—at once in the past, present, and future—mirroring memory and our relationship to time. As readers delve deeper into the beautifully illustrated pages of Zodiac , they will find not only a personal history of Ai Weiwei and an examination of the sociopolitical climate in which he makes his art, but a philosophical exploration of what it means to find oneself through art and freedom of expression.

Contemplative and political, Zodiac will inspire readers to return again and again to Ai Weiwei's musings on the relationship between art, time, and our shared humanity.

「我們這些苟活的人，當為那些在歷史嚴寒中瑟縮的生命留下一口熱氣；從已然消失且一去不返的詩意裡找到一絲甜蜜；講出以往掩藏很深的痛苦，把它交給未來。」（〈把心叫醒，將魂找回〉）

余英時書名題字

艾未未封面插畫

【內容簡介】

本書集結了章詒和女士十年來的散文作品，或緬懷父親，或追憶故人，抑或品評人物、書籍，感念抒懷，無一不是發自肺腑。章女士自言，記性好是她最大的優點，所以行文時細節密如蛛網，不煽情不矯飾，卻句句都是斷腸聲，其中情思與血淚，讀者當可從中領會。

【作者簡介】

章詒和

章伯鈞之女。一九四二年生於重慶，中國戲曲學院畢業，現為中國藝術研究院研究員。

著有：《往事並不如煙》、《伶人往事》、《這樣事和誰細講》、《章詒和散文集》等書，以及女囚系列小說：《劉氏女》、《楊氏女》、《鄒氏女》、《錢氏女》。（以上皆時報出版）