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Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist. He produces traditional, Performance Art|performance and conceptual art. He is also educated in film-making and works as an architectural designer.
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Fast Facts
- Born: 1957 in Beijing, China
- Son of the exiled Chinese poet, Ai Qing
- Grew up in a labor camp with his father
- Educated at the Beijing Film Academy and New York City's Parsons School of Design
- Worked with Swiss designers Herzog and de Meuron to design the Beijing National Stadium
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Olympic Bombast
Ai Weiwei has distanced himself from his work on the Beijing National Stadium. He is openly critical of the Chinese government's preparations for the 2008 Olympics. Ai alleges that its spirit of openness and reform is merely a facade to improve the country's international image.CNN.com: Chinese architect slams Olympic 'pretend smile' (August 13, 2007) -
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"The government wants to use [the 2008 Olympics] to celebrate itself and its policy of opening up China. But there isn't anything to celebrate. The political system is incapable of handling economic and social change."Speigel Online: 'The Olympics Are a Propaganda Show' (January 29, 2008) -Ai Weiwei -
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Coach Birgitt Morrien zu "SO SORRY" von AI WEIWEI am 6. November in dessen blog im Haus der Kunst http://bit.ly/1990Dz
@CoachingBlogger | November 09, 2009 08:17 PM -
Konstjournalistik av klass: http://www.zeit.de/2009/41/Ai-Weiwei
@Treijsen | November 09, 2009 10:01 AM -
Don't miss out the latest issue of Mono.Kultur, about Chinese artist Ai Weiwei — such a great read. http://bit.ly/3mlTUe #fb
@haraldpeter | November 09, 2009 09:18 AM -
RT @lihlii: Ai Weiwei: Now it's time to tear down the Beijing Wall! >@aiww 今天是柏林墙被推倒二十周年的纪念日，也是忍受耻辱的二十年，现在是我们推倒北京墙的时候了。#fotw
@muchraker | November 09, 2009 08:36 AM
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Ai Weiwei: Beijing 10/2003 - $50.00
No temples, no palaces, no Mao badges, just the qualities of narrow spaces, congested streets, unremarkable buildings, changes in weather: everyday Beijing. This 880-page, gray brick-shaped, hardcover artist's book comprises 1720 color vide...
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Parkett No. 81: Christian Jankowski, Cosima von Bonin, Ai Weiwei - $32.00
Parkett 81 features Christian Jankowski, Cosima von Bonin and Ai Weiwei. Texts on German-born Jankowski are by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Jorg Heiser and Harald Falckenberg--who sees the artist as a sort of chameleon: a blend of "actor, ...
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Ai Weiwei: Under Construction - $45.00
This scholarly exhibition catalogue explores the ways in which renowned Chinese Conceptualist Ai Weiwei raises questions about cultural violence and history. The work is looked at in the context of a country where future possibilities are s...
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Ai Weiwei (Contemporary Artists (Phaidon)) - $49.95
Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is truly an artist for the twenty-first century. In his sculptures, he refashions artefacts and antiques into surprising, sometimes monumental constructions such as "Template" (2007): hundreds of wooden doors and windows...
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Ai Weiwei News and Information
- Official Site: Aiweiwei.com
- Wikipedia: Ai Weiei
- Spiegel Online: "The Olympics Are a Propaganda Show" (January 29, 2008)
- "The government wants to use these games to celebrate itself and its policy of opening up China. But there isn't anything to celebrate. The political system is incapable of handling economic and social change. Now the system that caused these problems in the first place is struggling to remain in power. And who pays the price? Every individual in this society."
- The Art Newspaper: "Ai Weiwei’s Spider’s Web for Liverpool" (November 29, 2007)
- CNN: "Chinese Architect Slams Olympic 'Pretend Smile'" (August 13, 2007)
- The Guardian: "Olympic Artist Attacks China's Pomp and Propaganda" (August 9, 2007)
- Archinet: "Ai Weiwei : Fragments, Voids, Sections and Rings" (December 5, 2006)
- YouTube: Stadium Designer Blasts China Olympics (Time: 02:17)
