{"product_id":"ai-weiwei-2015-red-bicycle-bell-a-small-act","title":"Ai Weiwei 2015 Red Bicycle Bell with Printed Quotation, Green Lever, Unopened Art Object","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eA glossy red bicycle bell with a green lever, printed in white with Ai Weiwei's words \"A small act is worth a million thoughts\": a 2015 object by the artist, still sealed in its packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAi Weiwei, born in Beijing in 1957, is among the most widely known artists alive, as celebrated for his activism as for his sculpture, installations and photographs. The bicycle runs through his work: in his Forever Bicycles installations hundreds of frames are joined into towering, shimmering structures, and for years he made a habit of leaving flowers in the basket of a bicycle outside his Beijing studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bell turns that motif into something you can use. The dome is a deep, lacquer-bright red, the striker lever a fresh apple green, like a ripe fruit. Across the dome in clean white type run the artist's words and his name. It is a small, cheerful object with a serious idea at its heart: that a single act counts for more than a great deal of thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is described as bought at a museum in the United Kingdom and kept unopened since. It is a production object, not a signed or numbered edition.\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\u003eObject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bicycle bell, A small act is worth a million thoughts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2015\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Metal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 5.8 cm (2.3 in), as stated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red dome, green lever, white text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not a numbered edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSignature:\u003c\/strong\u003e Printed name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New, unopened\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed as new and unopened.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe photograph is a catalogue image of the design; the sealed packaging is not pictured.\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=\"\/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 Ai Weiwei object the page describes; we present that as given. Wipe with a soft dry cloth; keep away from damp to protect the metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked by hand in Japan with acid-free tissue and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally. 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