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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
Consultant
Contemporary Artist
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
Painter
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China seems unpredictable because it has a distinct culture and social system. It is still a mystery to other parts of the world, even though the veil of China has been lifted many times as a result of globalization.
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For years, I refused to go to any openings, not even my own.
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The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty years ago.
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All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest human performance and send their children to this field.
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Recently I danced in a video spoof of the song 'Gangnam Style,' and it was quickly banned across multiple Chinese online video platforms. But the story still traveled all over the world, carried in hundreds of international media reports.
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Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things it is no longer so much about producing something.
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I think art is a very important weapon to achieve human freedom
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These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.
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Liberty is about our rights to question everything.
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Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.
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Creativity is the power to act.
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The practice of photography is no longer a means for recording reality. Instead, it has become reality itself
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To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.
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[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I've been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
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When I first got into the first-year study after the Cultural Revolution, got into the same school with this group, I wasn't conscious of the so-called Fifth Generation. I didn't like that kind of study condition because there's no real, true education there.
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The purpose of art is the fight for freedom.
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Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.
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I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.
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Once you've tasted freedom, it stays in your heart...
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In my case, I was stuck there for quite a while. New York is large enough to be a very abstract city, so nobody cares.
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