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On the Tip of a Wave: How Ai Weiwei's Art Is Changing the Tide
Joanna Ho
Illustrator: Cátia Chien
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Orchard Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 978-1-33871-594-1
Keywords: Chinese artist biography, activist, architect, large-scale art installation, humanitarian, refugees
Using Ai's “Safe Passage” installation, consisting of thousands of refugees' striking neon orange cast-off lifejackets, the author conveys Ai's powerful humanitarian message of hope. Pencil and pastel illustrations. Back matter.