{"product_id":"ai-weiwei-royal-academy-exhibition-in-focus-guide-2015","title":"Ai Weiwei Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition in Focus Guide, London 2015, 24 Pages, Unused","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eAi Weiwei, the Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition in Focus guide from 2015: a softbound booklet of 24 pages, 16.7 x 23.6 cm, bought at the museum in London and kept unused, opened once only to check the contents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover carries the RA monogram in tall pale letters over a dense heap of red and black porcelain crabs, one of the works shown in the exhibition, with the artist's name in clean white type at the foot. It is a striking object even closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside, the guide reads as a compact, well illustrated essay. One spread lays out the triptych Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, the artist letting an ancient vessel fall and shatter at his feet, with a discussion of value, heritage and destruction. Another turns to the Sichuan earthquake of 2008 and Straight, the long floor work made from steel rebar recovered from collapsed school buildings, shown across a full width photograph. Quotations from the artist and catalogue entries run in the margins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExhibition guides of this kind were made to be carried round the rooms and are rarely kept in fresh condition. This copy has stayed unread, a neat companion to the London survey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ai Weiwei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Exhibition in Focus guide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Royal Academy of Arts, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Softbound booklet, 24 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16.7 x 23.6 cm (6.6 x 9.3 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unused; opened once to check\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnused, bought at the museum and kept since.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpened once to check the contents; no marks are noted by the page. Not yet examined in hand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eS (unused, as new)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/es\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOffered as the museum guide published for the exhibition, as the page describes it. Keep it on a shelf or in a sleeve, away from direct sunlight and damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe guide travels flat in a padded, rigid parcel, packed by hand in Japan and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. 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