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I grew up in a desert, which has no kind of imagination.

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 18
Architect
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Contemporary Artist
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Human Rights Activist
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Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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Everyone thinks the Chinese government selected me. Never ever. I was selected by Herzog and de Meuron.
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So-called Chinese art and culture is under control of the Party. They exist to serve the official agenda. I call it fake art and culture.
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[Cultural department] understand nothing but bureaucratic daily affairs. They don't care about culture.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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Individual that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this expression and communication has become so different.
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