Ai WeiWei [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CyUibWBYuTg/TafELPAPv3I/AAAAAAAAAMQ/HXgzJc6fQ70/s1600/Ai-Weiwei-6.jpg] |
Ai Wei Wei is a Chinese artist and political activist. He also involve actively in architecture, photography, film, curating, social and cultural criticism. Ai Wei Wei has a very interesting life. He done impressive works and held many exhibitions of his art works in many countries. He also received some awards as well.
Ai Wei Wei is the best artist since the Cultural Revolution in China. He smashed ancient vases, taken a thousand of Chinese citizen to a small town in Germany. Besides that, his support and made works about the Chinese's government to the Sichuan earthquake in 2008. Ai Wei Wei takes his career and works through attitude, rather than his own style.
Ai WeiWei and Sunflower Seeds [http://mlkshk.com/r/2EWX] |
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PueYywpkJW8)
Beijing National Stadium, "The Bird's Nest" [http://www.creativeclass.com/creative_class/_wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/birds-nest2.jpg] |
Sources:
Ai WeiWei. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9, 2011, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei
Gurdian.co.uk. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9,2011, from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jan/26/ai-weiwei-sunflower-seeds-sothebys
Ai Weiwei: Olympic Bird's Nest & Beyond. (n.d.). Retrieved July 9, 2011, from You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hddG7u1hlOU
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