{"id":1819,"date":"2025-06-26T09:10:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2025-06-28T15:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T15:14:40","slug":"ai-weiwei-to-debut-installation-in-ukraine-inspired-by-leonardo-da-vincis-divina-proportione","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.diamondstatemanagement.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/26\/ai-weiwei-to-debut-installation-in-ukraine-inspired-by-leonardo-da-vincis-divina-proportione\/","title":{"rendered":"ai weiwei to debut installation in ukraine inspired by leonardo da vinci\u2019s divina proportione"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ai weiwei\u2019s installation in ukraine opens in september 2025<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Ai Weiwei<\/b><\/a> to introduce a major art <\/span>installation<\/b><\/a> commission in Ukraine, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s Divina Proportione. Set to premiere on September 14th, 2025, at the cultural space Pavilion 13, the announcement follows the commission by the RIBBON International, which has also collaborated with artist <\/span>Barbara Kruger<\/b><\/a> for her work titled, <\/span>\u2018Untitled (Another Again),\u2019<\/b><\/a> in cooperation with Pavilion of Culture and FORMA Architects. The new work, titled Three Perfectly Proportioned Spheres and Camouflage Uniforms Painted White, comprises a series of military camouflage uniforms roll-painted in white, combining the symbolism of purity with the imagery of military. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Commentary on chaos of militarism and conflict<\/b><\/h2>\n

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The spheres in the new Ai Weiwei installation in Ukraine are a reference to Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s Divina Proportione, which is a known Renaissance manuscript written by Luca Pacioli and illustrated by the Italian polymath and artist. By combining these spheres with camouflage uniforms painted white, the <\/span>artist<\/b><\/a> attempts to draw a contrast between the ideals of reason and the real-world chaos of militarism and conflict. For him, the artwork is a commentary about the ideas that came from the Enlightenment period – including rationality, reason, order, and logic – that are now being misused or manipulated. As Ai Weiwei puts it, art becomes a poetic gesture, suggesting meaning without always making it known or revealed explicitly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ai Weiwei\u2019s installation in Ukraine is site-specific, specially for Pavilion 13, a work of <\/span>architecture<\/b><\/a> built in 1967 at the Exhibition <\/span>Centre<\/b><\/a> VDNG in Kyiv as an exhibition space promoting the achievements of the coal industry of the Ukrainian SSR. This is the artist\u2019s first <\/span>commission<\/b><\/a> in Ukraine, and the installation grows out of Ai Weiwei\u2019s long-standing interest in the impact of war and conflict on humanity. His previous works comment on the way power systems manipulate ideals and symbols, from the refugee crisis (Law of the Journey in 2017) and corruption and state failure (Straight from 2008 to 2012) to mass production (Sunflower Seeds in 2010) and cultural erasure (Whitewash in 1995). Ai Weiwei\u2019s installation in Ukraine opens at Pavilion 13 in Kyiv starting September 14th, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Ai Weiwei to introduce a major art installation commission in Ukraine<\/p>\n

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the work is set to premiere on September 14th, 2025, at the cultural space Pavilion 13<\/p>\n

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the artist draws inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci\u2019s Divina Proportione<\/p>\n

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Three Perfectly Proportioned Spheres and Camouflage Uniforms Painted White is the title of the work<\/p>\n

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the work comprises military camouflage uniforms roll-painted in white<\/p>\n

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exterior view of the Pavilion 13 in Kyiv, Ukraine | from here, photos by Vitalii Halanzha<\/a><\/p>\n

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artist Sam Lewitt’s commission SHUBIN inside Pavilion 13, on display until August 2025<\/p>\n

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name: <\/b>Three Perfectly Proportioned Spheres and Camouflage Uniforms Painted White<\/span><\/p>\n

artist: <\/b>Ai Weiwei | <\/span>@aiww<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

commission: <\/b>RIBBON International<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@ribbon.international<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

firm: <\/b>FORMA Architects<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@forma_ua<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

space: <\/b>Pavilion 13 by <\/span>Pavilion of Culture<\/span><\/a> | <\/span>@pavilionofculture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

location:<\/b> Akademika Glushkova Ave., 1, Pavilion 13, VDNG, Kyiv, Ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n

starting date:<\/b> September 14th, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n

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