Ai wei wei biography
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Ai Weiwei was born in Beijing, China in An outspoken human rights activist, Ai was arrested by Chinese authorities in April and held incommunicado for three months. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued government surveillance. Ai’s position as a provocateur and dissident artist informs the tenor and reception of much of his recent work.
He infuses his sculptures, photographs, and public artworks with political conviction and personal poetry, often making use of recognizable and historic Chinese art forms in critical examinations of a host of contemporary Chinese political and social issues. In his sculptural works he often uses reclaimed materials—ancient pottery and wood from destroyed temples—in a conceptual gesture that connects tradition with contemporary social concerns. He also employs sarcasm, juxtaposition, and repetition to reinvigorate the potency and symbolis
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Ai Weiwei
Chinese conceptual artist and dissident
This article is about the artist. For the documentary film about him, see Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.
Ai Weiwei (EYE way-WAY; Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, IPA:[a&#;ɪ&#;we&#;&#;ɪ]; born 28 August ) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile.[1] As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of "tofu-dreg schools" in the Sichuan earthquake. In April , Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport for "economic crimes," and detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one
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Ai Weiwei was born in Beijing in , he lives and works in Beijing (China), Berlin (Germany), Cambridge (UK) and Lisbon (Portugal).
Ai Weiwei has been called the most influential artist of our time.
After denouncing government corruption and lack of respect for human rights and freedom of speech in China, he was arrested, beaten, placed in isolation and forbidden to travel.
His activity as a dissident has gone grabb in grabb with his artistic career and he has continued to tillverka work testifying to his political beliefs while at the same time making plenty of room for creativity and experimentation.
His output over the past thirty years allows us to explore his ambivalent narrativ both with Western culture and with the culture of his own country – en hög byggnad eller struktur between a deep-rooted sense of belonging and an equally strong urge to rebel.
His father, the poet Ai Qing, was labeled a “rightist” in and Ai and his family were exiled, first to Heilongjiang, in northeastern China