Ai Weiwei
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| 艾未未 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 August 1957 Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Beijing Film Academy | ||||||||||||||
| Notable work | Sunflower Seeds Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||||
| Movement | Excessivism | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lu Qing | ||||||||||||||
| Father | Ai Qing | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 艾未未 | ||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
Ai Weiwei (/ˈaɪ weɪˈweɪ/ (listen) EYE way-WAY; Chinese: 艾未未; pinyin: Ài Wèiwèi, IPA: [âi wêi.wêi]; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in northwest China. He lived in harsh conditions because his father was exiled.[1] Ai Weiwei was an activist. He was critical Chinese Government's human rights and democracy. He made many investigations on government corruption in China. He investigated the Sichuan schools corruption scandal after the end of "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In April 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport for "economic crimes." He was in jail for 81 days. After he was arrested, Ai Weiwei became a very important architect, cultural instigator, and political commentator.[1]
Ai Weiwei has made lots of poetry, sculptures, photographs, and public works. He was allowed to leave China in 2015. He has since lived in Portugal, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
References
Further reading
- Medium, Artists on the Cutting Edge, by Addison Fach, 1 December 2017
- WideWalls magazine, Excessivism – A Phenomenon Every Art Collector Should Know, by Angie Kordic
- Gallereo magazine, The Newest Art Movement You've Never Heard of, 20 November 2015
- The Huffington Post, Excessivism: Irony, *Imbalance and a New Rococo, by Shana Nys Dambrot, art critic, curator, 23 September 2015
- "Interview with Ai Wei Wei: My Virtual Life Has Become My Real Life". Der Spiegel. 15 January 2014.
- Du Bin (2012). God Ai (艾神). Xianggang: Shuo yuan shu she. ISBN 9789881644213.
- Ai Weiwei (31 January 2011). Ai Weiwei: Fairytale (DVD). JRP|Ringier. ISBN 978-3-03764-153-8.
- Laura Murray Cree, ed. (April 2009). Ai Weiwei: Under Construction. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 978-1-921410-73-4.
- Smith, Karen; Obrist, Hans Ulrich; Fibicher, Bernard (2 April 2009). Ai Weiwei. Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0-714848-89-1.
- Spalding, David. @large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, 2014. Print. @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
- Tinari, Philip; Merewether, Charles (2 August 2008). Urs Meile; Peter Pakesch; Ai Weiwei (eds.). Ai Weiwei: Works 2004–2007. JRP|Ringier. ISBN 978-3-905829-27-3.
- Ai, Weiwei (2 April 2007). Chen Weiqing (ed.). Ai Weiwei: Fragments Beijing 2006. Timezone 8. ISBN 978-988-99015-3-0.
- Ai, Weiwei; Anthony Pins. Ai Weiwei: Spatial Matters : Art Architecture and Activism, 2014. Print. Ai Weiwei: spatial matters : art architecture and activism
Other websites
- Official website
- Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts London
- Ai Weiwei on IMDb
- Ai Weiwei Archived 11 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine at De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art
- Ai Weiwei. Study of Perspective. Photographic series produced 1995–2011. Public Delivery