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\"'Everything is art. Everything is politics.' The internationally renowned contemporary artist Ai Weiwei thus sums up the concepts underlying his work. It is also the leitmotif of his largest exhibition to date in Europe. With texts and images, this catalog demonstrates the close interweaving of political commitment and artistic work in the ¶uvre of this important, controversial artist who lends form to the contradictions of our present times. Born in Beijing in 1957, Ai Weiwei is celebrated worldwide as an artist, architect, curator, film director, and photographer. The Conceptual and Pop art he countered in New York in the 1980s became crucial influences on his working method, which critically examins cultural history and global social developments.\" --Publisher's description, lower cover.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE; Blog book shows softer side of caustic Chinese artist
In the past, his activism had been confined to rescuing cats and dogs from markets where they were sold to be eaten; with the earthquake, he switched from animal rights to human rights -- a treacherous undertaking in China.\\n
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Emma Barnetts meets. Ai Weiwei
Emma Barnett meets with the acclaimed artist and dissident Ai Weiwei to talk about his detention in China, his fight for human rights and the art of protest.
Streaming Video
INTERVIEW WITH HOLLY BAXTER
Paul Apostolicas spoke with Baxter about why authoritarians fear art, the ways in which artists challenge oppressive regimes, and what can be done to protect the artists who risk their lives to advance human rights. Could you speak about the work you do with the Human Rights Foundation and how you use your expertise in art to advance human rights across the globe? I have worked as an independent curator and art advisor for the past 18 years. El Sexto has received international recognition for his dissident art and has spoken at venues including the United Nations, the Oslo Freedom Forum, the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, and the U.S. Senate Foreign Affairs Committee. Animator Noureddin Zarrinkelk lost his faculty position because he touched the hair of a female student; Mohsen Namjoo, who has been called the \"the Bob Dylan of Iran,\" was banned from Iran after he sang a phrase from the Koran; Iranian film director Jafar Panahi's controversial films have led to multiple arrests-including a critique of the restrictions placed upon women in Iran titled \"The Circle.\"
Journal Article
On Interviewing Ai Weiwei
The author has known Ai Weiwei since 1986. he is a brilliant humanitarian. What he learned from interviewing him was his complete commitment to freedom of expression and being true to himself. Truth is the essence of who he is, and art speaks the truth. He has grown up to see his family persecuted for ridiculous, trumped-up charges. In fact, when he asked him the question, \"When did the government start giving you a hard time,\" it wasn't 2008 -- it was when he was a child. He lived in complete penury because his father was an intellectual, and his father's poems went a little to the right, a little to the left, and Mao didn't like it. Mao exiled him to Xinjiang, and Weiwei spent the beginning of his life in a dirt hut with his brothers and sisters.
Journal Article
Art21 : art in the twenty-first century. Season 6, Episode 1, Change
Artists Ai Weiwei, El Anatsui and Catherine Opie bear witness, through their work, to transformation - cultural, material and aesthetic - and actively engage communities as collaborators and subjects.
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