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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
Designer
Film Director
Human Rights Activist
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Social Activist
Peking
Wei-wei Ai
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