Talk:Ai Weiwei

message: "His father was Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was denounced during the Cultural Revolution and in 1958 sent to a labor camp in Xinjiang with his wife, Gao Ying."
 
This sentence is confusing because it seems that Ai Qing was sent to a labor camp because of the Cultural Revolution. The CR took place from 1966 to 1976. When somebody was detained in 1958 that was because he participated in the "Hundert Flower" movement (baihua qifang - baijia zhengming)in allusion to the many schools of thought in ancient China. That campaign was suppressed by the Anti-Rightist campaign in 1957, that Mao launched after heavy intellectual uproar - and that was the reason why Ai Weiwei's father was detained in 1958.
the following is confusing, what is quoted material and what isn't?
He has since distanced himself from the project, saying, ""I've already forgotten about it. I turn down all the demands to have photographs with it," saying it is part of a "pretend smile" of bad taste.[2][3]  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.64.17.48 (talk) 13:59, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  confusing sentences 

message: I have added a number of photographs (on Commons) of his art, which I took during the recent exhibition in Munich, Germany. Maybe somebody is interested in using them here, in my opinion the article is a bit under-illustrated in its current form. 92.117.153.49 (talk) 18:30, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New pics 

message: Steven Spielburg? WTF?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.238.187.242 (talk) 20:22, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  see also? 

message: (reference: http://www.ntnn.info/it/articles/rassegna-araba-08-novembre-2010.htm?bcsi-ac-07BA615BF9E246FC=1C1620A900000005mamcXWDOrZ0WcRJkZsEj6f7kxPc1AAAABQAAAEXhMACAcAAAAQAAAGstAQA=)
1) Construction of the studio was not at the invitation of the Shanghai city government, but by Jiading District official Sun Jiwei (嘉定区区长孙继伟) as part of a new village construction within Malu township (马陆镇大裕村新农村建).
2) on July 23, 2010 Ai Weiwei was notified of the lack of building permit application by Shanghai National Resource Planning Bureau, based on Article 34 Section 1 of Land Management Law (违反了《土地管理法》第四十三条第一款的规定).
3) It appears neither the district nor township government that proposed this construction made the relevant permit application (区、镇两级政府承诺主动办理却未办理的相关许可证和审批手续).
4) Construction continued for another month, to completion, was due to delay by the Malu township and Dayu village government's in halting the construction (再一月，当马陆镇政府城建办和大裕村村委会通知停工时，工作室已全部完工).
5) on October 29, 2010 Ai Weiwei was notified of the demolition, based on Article 8 of Shanghai City Illegal Construction Demolition Regulation (《上海市拆除违法建筑若干规定》第八条的规定，拟做出责令限期拆除违法建筑决定).
6) While Ai Weiei suspects selective enforcement, Malu township stated the other eight artist's projects were unaffected because they have obtained building permit thru proper channel (马陆镇方面则解释，其他几位艺术家均通过正式渠道领取了合法的土地证明).
7) There were efforts to save the building. By donating it to the village collective that owns the land, it would qualify for public project exemption under aforementioned Article 34 Section 1 (乡（镇）村公共设施和公益事业建设经依法批准使用农民集体所有的土地的除外).
8) The Jiadin district official, Sun Jiwei, stated this is a simple land use case. Jiadin District offered Ai Weiwei compensation for the studio, but Ai refused (孙继伟称，“从我的认识和理解，目前还是一个单纯的土地和土地执法...嘉定区政府愿意赔偿艾未未承受的损失，但被艾拒绝).
Bobby fletcher (talk) 08:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  some details about the Shanghai studio controversy 

message: According to BBC he is missing at the moment, after trying to fly to Hong Kong. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12950863 85.237.211.249 (talk) 15:51, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing 

message: Do any reliable sources have a better translation or explanation of this phrase?  What does it usually mean in China when someone is being investigated for "economic crimes"?  Does it mean tax evasion?  Violating employment law?  Laundering money?  Counterfeiting?  Violation of zoning laws?  Insider trading?--Jimbo Wales (talk) 03:04, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The phrase could mean all of above. --阿pp (talk) 05:30, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

text: All crimes about economic are generally called "economic crimes" in China to discriminate the violence crimes.Raintwoto 05:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "Economic crimes" is a nice catch-all used primarily as an initial arrest reason while the authorities "collate" their evidence and then decide whether or not to "hone" it to a more detailed charge. 85.211.123.79 (talk) 19:56, 9 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ai weiwei may be the only "dissident" been arrest because "economic crimes", for example, liuxiaobo is arrested on charges of "suspicion of inciting subversion of state power".Raintwoto 18:18, 10 April 2011 (UTC)

text: As seen on Twitter: "we're sure he's guilty of something, we just need to find out what." F (talk) 05:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

text: And that's POV...Zlqq2144 (talk) 04:14, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Zlqq, what I said is not POV, it is fact, which can be easily backed up by scholarly research, and published and peer reviewed books.  Arilang   talk 05:15, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Maoist China has nothing to do Ai Weiwei. Zlqq2144(Talk Contribs) 04:44, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Economic crimes" 

message: *狗屎垃圾==garbage not worth of dog shit
*集体淫乱==orgy
*宣淫贩贱的变态行为== sexual perversion[edit by Zlqq2144, it's more like 'the pervert-y action of publicising pronorgraphy/obscence materials]
*假艺术家==Fake artist
*西奴==Minion of the Westerner
*裸露阴茎癖患者==Indecent exposer who like to expose the private part
*卑鄙无耻下流==contemptible, shameless, obscene
*反华小丑==Anti-Chinese clown
*污糟邋遢的卑鄙人物==absolute dirty and contemptible person
*传播淫秽物品罪==[edit by Zlqq2144: spreading indecent/obsence materials][Zlqq2144:hmm...how's that attacking? It's the name of a crime]
*涉嫌重婚罪==alleged multiple marriage crime[Zlqq2144: and that's attacking because...it's the name of a crime too]
*不肖子孙==bad child not worthy of his parent
*充当西方反华势力棋子==to be a pawn of western anti-Chinese force
*反祖国的小丑==anti-motherland clown
*老流氓==old hoodlum
*愧对其父==ashame in front of his dead father
*三流艺术家==third class artist
*猥琐行为==nasty and dirty deeds
*屁股更要干净些==should wipe clean his bum first
 Arilang   talk 10:04, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Editors are here to report "facts", and the fact is, WWP, a mouthpiece of PRC, who chose to use a particular colorful language to "criticize" someone, so be it, we report some of these(not all of them) "colorful language" on Wikipedia, with strict and proper attribution to avoid any "potentially libellous" situations, then is OK. Arilang   talk 10:45, 20 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Chinese-English translation of Wen Wei Po editorial attack rhetorics

message: *Richard Burger on being a foreign editor at the Global Times
*The Global Times and Ai Weiwei
*Global Times#Accusations of "astroturfing"
===Richard Burger quotations===
:He also says 'Sure, they toe the party line on certain topics, but even on the most sensitive of these, they seem willing to present alternative viewpoints, even if they are directly and outspokenly critical of the government. I think this will be their signature, a panoramic view of the news with lots of analysis and discussion. As I said, it does tow the party line, but they seem genuine about allowing serious dissent and disagreement. ' from the first link you provided. Zlqq2144(Talk Contribs) 01:27, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Zlqq, just to let you know, if we are to quote Burger in the article, there should be only one concise sentence. There is no way to include everything he said. Arilang   talk 02:06, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  And we need to quote him because... this isn't an article about Global Times or its reliability...Zlqq2144(Talk Contribs) 02:48, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Global Times

message: :He also says 'Sure, they toe the party line on certain topics, but even on the most sensitive of these, they seem willing to present alternative viewpoints, even if they are directly and outspokenly critical of the government. I think this will be their signature, a panoramic view of the news with lots of analysis and discussion. As I said, it does tow the party line, but they seem genuine about allowing serious dissent and disagreement. ' from the first link you provided. Zlqq2144(Talk Contribs) 01:27, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Zlqq, just to let you know, if we are to quote Burger in the article, there should be only one concise sentence. There is no way to include everything he said. Arilang   talk 02:06, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  And we need to quote him because... this isn't an article about Global Times or its reliability...Zlqq2144(Talk Contribs) 02:48, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Richard Burger quotations

message: Discussion open to add Burger's(one of The Global Times editors) comment in relation to it's "infamous" editorial. Arilang   talk 03:26, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Seeking consensus to add Burger's comments

message: Jonathan Jones
*"Ai Weiwei's work to defend human rights would stand even if he were guilty – but it's safe to assume these charges are fabricated"
*Even if all the charges China are apparently raising were true, it would not alter anything – and given his brutal detention it is reasonable to assume they are false.
 Arilang   talk 05:22, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: "I always look to summarise or group these 'soundbytes', trying to draw a coherent thread through them all with a simple sentence or paragraph, depending on the importance to the central subject." Well, we all know that OCF is the expert in this sense, there is no deny of it. That said, "it's safe to assume these charges are fabricated" would be commonly agreed by all the pro-Ai Weiwei forces combined? Arilang   talk 06:31, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Something like that is fine, it seems like that what they are all saying. And adding a bit of POV here, really? At least the indecent images part is true. This is outright hardcore porn.  I propose we add this image to the list of 'indecent images'. Zlqq2144 (Talk Contribs) 07:00, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  If I could make out more detail, I might just be offended, but it doesn't look like work is being performed on the body part I would normally associate with fellatio, so it's clean enough for Wikipedia. ;-) --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 07:17, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Never mind, apparantly it's a fake.  Zlqq2144 (Talk Contribs) 07:38, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

text: That photo wasn't a fake, it was the same group of life size sculpture, taken from a different angle, to imply that it was a life sex show. It was a cheap shot at Ai Weiwei. Arilang   talk 08:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Seeking consensus to add Jonathan Jones of The Guardian

message: Alison Klayman: "Ai Weiwei is not a criminal. He is an outspoken proponent of free speech, human rights, and transparency in China's government and judicial system. Ai has violated no law."
Klayman:User:Arilang1234/Draft/Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry<
Ai's mother, Gao Ying Gao Ying:"Ai Weiwei is not a criminal, he is an artist who is in search of justice"  Arilang   talk 05:31, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Seeking consensus to add Alison Klayman, Gao Ying comments

message: In response to this edit summary: the word was actually "obscene" per Sheridan.  I already softened it.--Ohconfucius ¡digame! 11:11, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, yes "obscene" but not obscene so that are not the words of the author of the article. It think is a bit unclear whose words that are and it would be only one opinion. Thanks for telling me where it came from. Can we find consensus to let it out for the moment? IQinn (talk) 11:40, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

text: *based on the internet meme 草泥马. Literal meaning:"草泥马挡中央" (based on Ai's pose); Political meaning: "草泥马挡中央" --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 12:25, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you so much for working that out. You think it would be possible and useful to add this to the image description? Anyway i leave this up to you do as you wish. Cheers - IQinn (talk) 07:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

text: *AFAICT, only the political meaning has been cited by sources. Is there any risk that the literal meaning be considered OR? --Ohconfucius ¡digame! 07:24, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good question. :) I think it would be ok as it it a kind of common knowledge that can be taken from a dictionary. Not sure what other say. I personally would not have a problem with using it. Cheers. IQinn (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

text: The literal meaning of 草泥马挡中央 is definitely a original research, it has no place in wikipedia, the same as taking "river crabs" literally, it is meaningless. Arilang   talk 06:33, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Indecent" 

message: There appears to be confusion on whether or not Ai has been tortured or not while in custody. I can think of a few reports off hand that suggested that he was. But his wife recently said that he is in good health. Should alleged torture be mentioned or should it only be mentined if we know for a fact that he has been tortured while in custody? There have also been several notable protests in support of Ai. Should those be mentioned? SunRiddled (talk) 20:03, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Alleged torture

message: I found a page related to Ai's art being exhibited in Houston:
* Britt, Douglas. "Detained China artist's work coming to Houston." Houston Chronicle. May 25, 2011. 
WhisperToMe (talk) 19:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Ai's art in [[Houston]]

message: According to lawyer Liu Xioyuan, http://twitter.com/#!/liu_xiaoyuan, the 20 million yuan fine is directed at Fake Design Company, not at Ai Weiwei. A new section(or subsection) maybe needed to deal with this new development.  Arilang   talk 13:12, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it worth noting that Fake is Hanyu Pinyin (a pun of fuck), not the English word fake? Or that's not important in the article? By the way the lawyer's name is Liu Xiaoyuan. :) --Ben.MQ (talk) 16:03, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Fake Design Company

message: These were added without source (), but several sources can be found (, , ). Then someone changed it (), referring to the Chinese wikipedia. There, however, no source is given, but a comment referring to the Chinese calendar (). I don't understand it, can someone explain it to me? Thank you! --84.130.156.88 (talk) 07:19, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Day and month of birth 

message: The Art of Resistance October 28, 2011.  141.218.36.43 (talk) 22:35, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Protest art.  99.181.142.144 (talk) 06:36, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WSJ.]] resource 

message: I would invite someone involved in the Article to update the list of recent exhibitions with this one. For further information (which works represented,etc): http://www.magasin3.com/en/blog/exhibitions/ai-weiwei/?postTabs=3
Brommabo (talk) 19:36, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exhibition 2012, February 3 - June 10 at Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden 

message: I stumbled across this article and noticed it didn't have an image. Mr. Ai is a very notable person so this didn't seem right. I found a free (creative commons) image already uploaded to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ai_Weiwei.jpg). The use of the image in this article does not appear to violate Mr. Ai's personality rights as determined by the jurisdiction in which the image was both taken and released. So, I added the image. Please feel free to remove it if, without my realisation, this use violates some rule or law. |Privateiron (talk) 16:03, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image of Ai Weiwei 

message: Good day!
Does anyone know since when his website is offline and why specifically?
regards!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.253.19.172 (talk) 20:33, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  http://aiweiwei.com 

message: As of now now only "Sunflower Seeds" is listed under the "works" section below his picture. Ai Weiwei has many other famous works, many of which were diplayed in museums in the UK and US, and some of those should be added.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.115.137.78 (talk) 19:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Works 

message: I've added the interview which was aired at the re:publica 2013, the questions are nearly impossible to read if you don't fullscreen the video. We could add the questions via subtitles (:Commons:Timed Text), I don't have the time right now to do it but I'll maybe do it in some days. --Sitic (talk) 10:59, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  re:publica 2013 interview 

message: Hello, I noticed there is nothing whatsoever about WW's health in the main article. Usually, under personal life such details can be found. This seems especially important in this case, since reportedly his health is fragile, also after he got beaten up etc etc. Shouldn't some details be incorporated in the main article? I am not into WW, but some of you out there are.Super48paul (talk) 10:16, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health details 

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message: Id like to make the following changes, 
*Move informational paragraph to the top of the section
*Replace bullet points with headings for continuity with the rest of the article
*Add images
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===Visual arts===
*Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995)
*Map of China (2008): A sculpture resembling a park bench or tree trunk,[2] but its cross-section is a map of China. It is four metres long and weighs 635 kilograms. It is made from wood salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples.
*Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: Sculpture inspired by inspired by the water clock-fountain at the Old Summer Palace.
*Table with two legs on the wall (2008)
*Straight (2008-2012)
*Sunflower Seeds (2010): Opening in October 2010 at the Tate Museum in London, Ai displayed 100 million handmade and painted porcelain sunflower seeds. These seeds weight about 150 tons and were made over a span of two and a half years by 1,600 Jingdezhen artisans. This city made porcelain for the government for over one thousand years. The artisans produced the sunflower seeds in the traditional method that the city is known for, in which a thirty step procedure is employed. The sculpture relates back to Chairman Mao's rule and the Chinese Communist Party. The combination of all the seeds represent that together, the people of China can stand up and overthrow the Chinese Communist Party. Along with this, the seeds represent China's growing mass production stemming from the consumerist culture in the west. The sculpture directly challenges the “Made in China” mantra that China is known for, considering the labor-intensive and traditional method of creating the work. "About Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds." Ai Weiwei. Faurschou Foundation, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2017.
*Surveillance Camera (2010)
*Coca Cola Vase (2014)
*Grapes (2014)
*Free-speech Puzzle (2014)
* Law of the Journey (2017): As the culmination of Ai's experiences visiting 40 refugee camps in 2016, Law of the Journey featured an all-black, 230-foot-long inflatable boat carrying 258 faceless refugee figures. The art piece is currently on display at the National Gallery in Prague until January 7, 2018.
Ai's visual art includes sculptural installations, woodworking, video and photography.  "Ai Weiwei: According to What," adapted and expanded by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden from a 2009 exhibition at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, was Ai's first North American museum retrospective. It opened at the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C. in 2013, and subsequently traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, New York, and two other venues.
More recent works address his investigation into the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake and responses to the Chinese government's detention and surveillance of him.
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===Visual arts===
thumb|Sunflower Seeds, 2010
Ai's visual art includes sculptural installations, woodworking, video and photography.  "Ai Weiwei: According to What," adapted and expanded by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden from a 2009 exhibition at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, was Ai's first North American museum retrospective.
 
It opened at the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C. in 2013, and subsequently traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, New York,
 
and two other venues. His works address his investigation into the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake and responses to the Chinese government's detention and surveillance of him.
His recent public pieces have called attention to the Syrian refugee crisis.  
====Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn==== 
(1995) Performance in which Ai lets an ancient ceramic urn fall from his hands and smash to pieces on the ground. The performance was memorialized in a series of three photographic still frames.
====Map of China==== 
(2008) Sculpture resembling a park bench or tree trunk, but its cross-section is a map of China. It is four metres long and weighs 635 kilograms. It is made from wood salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples. 
====Table with two legs on the wall====
(2008) Ming dynasty table cut in half and rejoined at a right angle to rest two feet on the wall and two on the floor. The reconstruction was completed using Chinese period specific joinery techniques. 
====Straight==== 
(2008-2012) 150 tons of twisted steel reinforcements recovered from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake building collapse sites were straightened out and displayed as an installation. 
====Sunflower Seeds==== 
(2010) Opening in October 2010 at the Tate Museum in London, Ai displayed 100 million handmade and painted porcelain sunflower seeds. These seeds weight about 150 tons and were made over a span of two and a half years by 1,600 Jingdezhen artisans. This city made porcelain for the government for over one thousand years. The artisans produced the sunflower seeds in the traditional method that the city is known for, in which a thirty step procedure is employed. The sculpture relates back to Chairman Mao's rule and the Chinese Communist Party. The combination of all the seeds represent that together, the people of China can stand up and overthrow the Chinese Communist Party. Along with this, the seeds represent China's growing mass production stemming from the consumerist culture in the west. The sculpture directly challenges the “Made in China” mantra that China is known for, considering the labor-intensive and traditional method of creating the work. "About Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds." Ai Weiwei. Faurschou Foundation, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2017.
====Surveillance Camera==== 
(2010) Sculptures in marble to resemble the cameras placed in front of Ai's studio. 
====Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads====
(2011) Sculptures of zodiac animals inspired by the water clock-fountain at the Old Summer Palace. 
====Coca Cola Vase==== 
(2014) Han dynasty vase with the Coca Cola logo brushed on in red acrylic paint. 
====Grapes==== 
(2014) 32 Qing dynasty stools joined together in a cluster with legs pointing out. 
====Free-speech Puzzle==== 
(2014) Individual porcelain ornaments, each painted with characters for "free speech", which when set together form a map of China.
====Law of the Journey==== 
(2017) As the culmination of Ai's experiences visiting 40 refugee camps in 2016, Law of the Journey featured an all-black, 230-foot-long inflatable boat carrying 258 faceless refugee figures. The art piece is currently on display at the National Gallery in Prague until January 7, 2018.
Esreekay (talk) 02:55, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: Propose to modify 'Visual arts'

message: thumb|Sunflower Seeds, 2010
Ai's visual art includes sculptural installations, woodworking, video and photography.  "Ai Weiwei: According to What," adapted and expanded by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden from a 2009 exhibition at Tokyo's Mori Art Museum, was Ai's first North American museum retrospective.
 
It opened at the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C. in 2013, and subsequently traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, New York,
 
and two other venues. His works address his investigation into the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake and responses to the Chinese government's detention and surveillance of him.
His recent public pieces have called attention to the Syrian refugee crisis.  
====Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn==== 
(1995) Performance in which Ai lets an ancient ceramic urn fall from his hands and smash to pieces on the ground. The performance was memorialized in a series of three photographic still frames.
====Map of China==== 
(2008) Sculpture resembling a park bench or tree trunk, but its cross-section is a map of China. It is four metres long and weighs 635 kilograms. It is made from wood salvaged from Qing Dynasty temples. 
====Table with two legs on the wall====
(2008) Ming dynasty table cut in half and rejoined at a right angle to rest two feet on the wall and two on the floor. The reconstruction was completed using Chinese period specific joinery techniques. 
====Straight==== 
(2008-2012) 150 tons of twisted steel reinforcements recovered from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake building collapse sites were straightened out and displayed as an installation. 
====Sunflower Seeds==== 
(2010) Opening in October 2010 at the Tate Museum in London, Ai displayed 100 million handmade and painted porcelain sunflower seeds. These seeds weight about 150 tons and were made over a span of two and a half years by 1,600 Jingdezhen artisans. This city made porcelain for the government for over one thousand years. The artisans produced the sunflower seeds in the traditional method that the city is known for, in which a thirty step procedure is employed. The sculpture relates back to Chairman Mao's rule and the Chinese Communist Party. The combination of all the seeds represent that together, the people of China can stand up and overthrow the Chinese Communist Party. Along with this, the seeds represent China's growing mass production stemming from the consumerist culture in the west. The sculpture directly challenges the “Made in China” mantra that China is known for, considering the labor-intensive and traditional method of creating the work. "About Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds." Ai Weiwei. Faurschou Foundation, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2017.
====Surveillance Camera==== 
(2010) Sculptures in marble to resemble the cameras placed in front of Ai's studio. 
====Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads====
(2011) Sculptures of zodiac animals inspired by the water clock-fountain at the Old Summer Palace. 
====Coca Cola Vase==== 
(2014) Han dynasty vase with the Coca Cola logo brushed on in red acrylic paint. 
====Grapes==== 
(2014) 32 Qing dynasty stools joined together in a cluster with legs pointing out. 
====Free-speech Puzzle==== 
(2014) Individual porcelain ornaments, each painted with characters for "free speech", which when set together form a map of China.
====Law of the Journey==== 
(2017) As the culmination of Ai's experiences visiting 40 refugee camps in 2016, Law of the Journey featured an all-black, 230-foot-long inflatable boat carrying 258 faceless refugee figures. The art piece is currently on display at the National Gallery in Prague until January 7, 2018.
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message: (2017) As the culmination of Ai's experiences visiting 40 refugee camps in 2016, Law of the Journey featured an all-black, 230-foot-long inflatable boat carrying 258 faceless refugee figures. The art piece is currently on display at the National Gallery in Prague until January 7, 2018.
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message: A mere semirevolutionary.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:587:4117:EA00:31A7:A523:F28:BCCC (talk) 09:25, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
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message: The San Hua section reads a bit as though it holds the same views as the video, rather than conveying what views the video communicates. I'm unfamiliar with the video itself, so I dont feel comfortable correcting the problem with a high degree of accuracy. 
Problem sentences:
"There are even people who would go as far as to say that the call to stop eating cat meat is "imposing the will of the minority on the majority". Yet the "majority" does not understand the complete truth of cat-meat trading chains: cat theft, cat trafficking, killing cats, selling cats, and eating cats, all the various stages of the trade and how they are distributed across the country, in cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Rugao, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Hebei. This well-organized, smooth-running industry chain of cat abuse, cat killing and skinning has already existed among ordinary Chinese folks for 20 years, or perhaps even longer. The degree of civilization of a country can be seen from its attitude towards animals."
If these views (which supposedly may be Ai's) are documented in a reliable secondary or tertiary source, why not use that analysis? At the very least, the section should indicate something like "the video puts for the views that..."
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message: I just created the article List of works by Ai Weiwei which is similar to List of works by Salvador Dalí and List of works by Lee Kelly. I would like to talk about what could be removed from the Ai Weiwei page as we only need a summary of this works here since the list page is now created and can contain everything in detail. --RTotzke (talk) 01:14, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of works by Ai Weiwei 

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message: The date format in the Artistic works section seems to be in different places and formats in each subsection.
For instance, some artworks have the date written like:
"2015, video, 30m"
While others use parasyntheses:
"(2008–2012) 150 tons of twisted..."
And some have the date written as part of a sentence:
"Ai Weiwei's 2017–18 New York City-wide..."
Is it appropriate to use the same date format in all of the work's descriptions, or is it supposed to be like this?
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message: Today, just now in fact, (I have the meme opened in another tab), I stumbled across a "meme" purporting to show Weiwei "dropping a Han Dynasty Urn".  It is the editorial comment/interpretation of this act being quoted by this meme that I am interested in.  I'm attempting to identify it's source.  Came here, and found that the act, and the pictures of it, are legitimate, but I see no references concerning the act's interpretation, in contrast to most of Weiwei's other work.  Note it's not about what is being said, but WHO is saying it that I'm interested in, as it occurs to me that this meme, and it's interpretative commentary could be initiated and driven by the Chinese Government, or some other group with a political agenda, that is in contradiction to the statement being made by the Artist.
It would help improve the Article if it were to include accepted mainstream interpretation of this act, or even better, what the Artist himself may have said about it.107.195.106.201 (talk) 18:06, 23 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dropping a "Han Dynasty Urn" 

message: I want pic of AI cards
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thread_title:  AI card