Courtesy of amazon studios by now, the scene is familiar. Hes fun, but of course theres a fair bit of hubris and ego there i suppose to be expected after the iconoclastic life hes led. Ai weiweis success as an artist on the international stage allows him the luxury of working big. The son of a famous chinese poet who was persecuted during the cultural revolution, weiweis own actions. Exploring the role of art as an agent of change, or what 100 million porcelain seeds. Consequences of ai weiweis work in he xie, ai metaphorically represents the restriction of individual expression and freedom of speech in chinese society. Ai weiwei sends a video message to florence and italy as a. Stay home, stay together fondazione palazzo strozzi.
Without fear or favour, released by bbc ones imagine program earlier this year and recorded shortly prior to ai weiwei s arrest, helps contextualize his work, its cultural significance and its implicit political tensions. Browse content similar to ai weiwei without fear or favour. It was a good, slim, fast read that gave me a brief overview of the manmythlegend ai weiwei. Frontline chronicled some of his early activism in our film whos afraid of ai weiwei. Art as a social engagement with reference to ai weiwei by sarah kirsten northcote 27806 submitted in partial fulfillment for the. Alan yentob reveals how chinese artist ai weiwei continues to fight for artistic freedom of expression. After studying painting in france 192932, where he discovered realist literature and was particularly influenced by the belgian poet. Get time photos and pictures of the week delivered directly to your inbox. A cultural figure of international renown, ai weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and chinas most famous artist. Wherever fear dominates, true happiness vanishes and individual willpower runs dry.
Circle of animalszodiac heads is the artists first major public sculpture project. Ai weiwei on his favorite artists, living in new york and why the government is afraid of him the chinese government has long tried to contain the. How chinese artist ai weiwei became an enemy of the state. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more. In 2007 ai weiwei created the project fairytale for documenta 12 in kassel, germany considered to be one of the worlds most important art events. Al weiwei is chinas most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Ai weiwei is the kind of visionary any nation should be proud to count among its creative class.
Ai weiwei is returning to the world but he is not entirely free. Ai weiwei without fear or favour autumn 2010 imagine. He is the son of poet ai ching ai ching or ai qing, pseud. Ai weiweis provocative art has gotten him harassed by police, thrown in detention and. Alan yentob explores the story of ai weiweis fight for artistic freedom of. With all due respect to ai weiwei, as hes a magnificent artist, and certainly his family suffered greatly, hes confusing what he went through in china with something that china was decidedly not. Ai weiwei films and other works what is he doing, and why, how does art create change, dissent. We need to talk about the refugee crisisbut is ai weiwei the one to do it. The artist and activist tells how investigating schoolchildrens deaths in the sichuan earthquake of 2008 spawned his mammoth installation, remembering. His ability to depict a scene in a few simple lines captured.
Internationally acclaimed chinese contemporary artist ai weiwei has reinterpreted the twelve bronze animal heads representing the traditional chinese zodiac that once adorned the famed fountainclock of the yuanming yuan, an imperial retreat in beijing. Ai weiwei was born in 1957, a remarkable figure of chinese conceptual art and excessivism. Ai weiwei, whose father, ai qing, was among chinas foremost literary figures, occupies an awkward niche in the world of chinese contemporary art. Documenta started in 1955 and has taken place every five years since 1972. Ai weiwei wanted to work outside of conventional art forms and create instead something with people. Open in his criticism of the chinese government, ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest. The impact of ai wei wei and his art by prezi user on prezi.
Never sorry is a film about ai weiwei, a renowned chinese artist and activist who continually champions the values of democracy and human rights, and thus works in opposition to chinas authoritarian government. From he is not only an artist, not only a scholar, hes a photographer, he designs clothes, hes a specialist on precious stones, hes an antique. Ai weiwei article about ai weiwei by the free dictionary. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Without fear or favour arts documentary, first broadcast before ai weiweis arrest by the chinese authorities in april 2011, and his subsequent. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, ai weiwei is. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Alan yentob had clearly been banned from meeting ai weiwei in china, and so one of their interviews was conducted over a webcam, with yentob sitting in the dark, like some spymaster of the arts. Without fear or favour, a bbc documentary exploring the role of art as an agent of change, or what 100 million porcelain seeds have to do with twitter. Producer cites fear of china a segment directed by mr. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database.
Ai weiwei multilingual edition holzwarth, hans werner, weiwei, ai on. China imposes new ban on ai weiwei whos afraid of ai. He can ally himself with major institutions, which can. Type what you are looking for in the box bellow, hit search and download it from. If you found yourself thinking that you were watching mission. The important stories of innovation across the continents wideranging economies. Arts documentary, first broadcast before ai weiweis arrest by the chinese authorities in april 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Ai grew up in the far northwest of china, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. He has drawn the worlds attention to the vibrancy of contemporary chinese culture.
Ai weiweis freedom by fiat in china the new yorker. Without fear or favour is not showing in any theaters in the area. Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Impossible rather than imagine, you could have been forgiven. Ai, a vocal critic of the chinese government, was dropped from berlin, i love you. This coming tuesday, april 8th, the ai weiwei, cost of expression, print created by shepard fairey will be for sale on our website. Ren zhenglai on a good day, ai qing would rouse himself and amuse his children by sketching for them. Consequently, my film also has some very funny moments, because you really couldnt do an accurate profile of. More important, ai, 53, has shown compassion for his fellow citizens.
Doc a research paper on ai weiwei and the analysis of his art. Ai weiwei on his lego portraits of fellow activists the chinese artist created trace while under house arrest, and he wasnt allowed to travel to their san francisco debut. Theme of individual restriction who is ai weiwei and why is he important. A new documentary, human flow, directed by the chinese artist ai weiwei, explores the political and personal cruelties imparted upon refugees stateless persons who find themselves at the. Ai weiwei has heavily criticized the chinese government through social media. For more on ai weiwei, his work and convictions, look no further than the excellent ai weiweis blog.