JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. EXPOSITION OF AI WEIWEI ON PRAHA: CIRCLE OF ANIMALS/ZODIACS HEADS
Thrusday, Adar I 16, 5776. February 25, 2016. Shalom! World. Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads by contemporary Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, will be displayed as one of the projects accompanying the exhibition Generosity : On the Art of Giving, which is devoted to themes such as sharing, generosity and patronage, and is organized in celebration of the 220th anniversary od the National Gallery's predecessor, the Picture Gallery of the Society of Patriotic Friend of the arts in Bohemia. Ai Weiwei's Zodiac Heads is the first and long-awaited work by this acclaimed artist to be exhibited in the Czech Republic. Since 06/02/2016 till 31/08/2016. The space in front of the Trade Fair Palace will house twelve bronze zodiac-animal heads, copies of sculptures designed for the Garden of Perfect Brightness (Yuanmingyuan) near Beijing, whichwere destroyed by foreign troops in 1860 during one of the Opium Wars. A reminder of the complex relat