Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei ( ; , IPA: ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in northwest China. He lived in harsh conditions because his father was exiled. Ai Weiwei was an activist. He was critical Chinese Government's human rights and democracy. He made many investigations on government corruption in China. He investigated the Sichuan schools corruption scandal after the end of "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In April 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport for "economic crimes." He was in jail for 81 days. After he was arrested, Ai Weiwei became a very important architect, cultural instigator, and political commentator.

Ai Weiwei has made lots of poetry, sculptures, photographs, and public works. He was allowed to leave China in 2015. He has since lived in Portugal, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

 References 

 Further reading 

 Medium, Artists on the Cutting Edge, by Addison Fach, 1 December 2017
 WideWalls magazine, Excessivism – A Phenomenon Every Art Collector Should Know, by Angie Kordic
 Gallereo magazine, The Newest Art Movement You've Never Heard of, 20 November 2015
 The Huffington Post, Excessivism: Irony, *Imbalance and a New Rococo, by Shana Nys Dambrot, art critic, curator, 23 September 2015





 Spalding, David. @large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz, 2014. Print. @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz


 Ai, Weiwei; Anthony Pins. Ai Weiwei: Spatial Matters : Art Architecture and Activism, 2014. Print. Ai Weiwei: spatial matters : art architecture and activism

 Other websites 


 Ai Weiwei exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts London

 Ai Weiwei  at De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art
 Ai Weiwei. Study of Perspective. Photographic series produced 1995–2011. Public Delivery

Category:1957 births
Category:20th-century Chinese artists
Category:21st-century Chinese artists
Category:Architects
Category:Bloggers
Category:Movie directors
Category:People from Beijing
Category:Chinese activists
Category:20th-century Chinese writers
Category:21st-century Chinese writers