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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.