Two very different characters who came from two different centuries and both very influential art figures in the world art and social scenes. No one in their wildest dream in the art circle would have imagined to have the opportunity to witness a joint exhibition of Andy Warhol and Ai Wei Wei until National Gallery Victoria in Melbourne Australia presented more than 300 works, including major new commissions, immersive installations and a wide representation of paintings, sculptures, film, photography, publications and social media.

A one of its kind exhibition that has successfully collaborated the artist, Andy Warhol that symbolised the 20th century modernity and the ‘American century’ and on the other hand having the ‘Chinese century’ artist from the 21st century, Ai Wei Wei.

Among the exhibits, Ai Wei Wei’s installation of 1500 bicycles from his Forever Bicycles series is definitely one that cannot be missed by any visitors as the two wheelers standing tall with a powerful demand for attention upon entering the National Gallery of Victoria.

Blossom – 2015, Porcelain

The Blossom 2015 is another of Ai’s installation depicting a large bed of thousands of delicate, intricately designed white porcelain flowers. Interesting enough is that the only exhibits that both artists had in similarities is the Andy Warhol’s Absolut Vodka created in 1985 and Ai Wei Wei’s Tang Dynasty Courtesan in Bottle (Absolute Kurant) 1994. The former having the liquor bottle design silkscreened into typical Warhol’s presentation whereas the latter used the bottle as a representation of modernity of Chinese being influenced by the Western culture whilst reminding the public of Chinese cultural artefact that survived China’s history.

The original bottles that Warhol designed for the Absolut Warhol campaign in 1986

Clay sculpture dating from the  Song dynasty (960 – 1279) in glass Johnnie Walker Red Label bottle.

谁从两个不同的世纪，世界艺术与社会的场景在这两个非常有影响力的人物艺术来到两个非常不同的字符。没有人在艺术圈他们最疯狂的梦想会想到能有机会亲眼目睹联合展出安迪·沃霍尔和艾未未，直到国家美术馆维多利亚州墨尔本的澳大利亚提交的超过300件作品，其中包括主要的新佣金，身临其境的装置和绘画，雕塑，电影，摄影，出版和社交媒体广泛的代表性。

同类展览的一个成功合作的艺术家，安迪·沃霍尔象征着20世纪的现代性和“美国世纪”以及具有21世纪，艾未未的“中国世纪”艺术家另一方面。

Andy Warhol’s screen prints from his Campbell’s Soup II series (1969), with Ai Weiwei’s Coloured Vases (2015)

展品中，从他永远自行车系列艾未未的安装1500自行车绝对是一个不能被任何游客的两轮车在进入维多利亚国家美术馆矗立了强大的需求为关注错过。

在2015年花是另一种爱的安装描绘了一张大床十万细腻，错综复杂的设计白瓷花。足够有趣的是，这两个艺术家们在相似的唯一展品是在1985年，艾未未的唐代名妓的瓶（绝对Kurant）1994年前者具有酒瓶设计丝网印刷成典型的沃霍尔的表现，而安迪·沃霍尔的绝对伏特加创建后者用酒瓶由西方文化的影响，同时提醒中国文化假象的幸存中国历史上中国公众的现代性的表示。

Forever Bicycles – 2015, Stainless steel bicycle frames