Ai Weiwei (b.1957). Born in China to Ai Quin, a famous poet imprisoned for political activities, Ai Weiwei grew up under a communist party regime that he described as offering "no freedom of speech... Read full biography
Ai Weiwei (b.1957). Born in China to Ai Quin, a famous poet imprisoned for political activities, Ai Weiwei grew up under a communist party regime that he described as offering "no freedom of speech or expression. I found it almost impossible, in those conditions, for individuals to develop... Read full biography
Ai Weiwei (b.1957). Born in China to Ai Quin, a famous poet imprisoned for political activities, Ai Weiwei grew up under a communist party regime that he described as offering "no freedom of speech or expression. I found it almost impossible, in those conditions, for individuals to develop self-consciousness or any real awareness of esthetic values." As a result of experiencing much suppression in his native country and of spending 12 years in New York City, where he observed much freedom of... Read full biography
Ai Weiwei (b.1957). Born in China to Ai Quin, a famous poet imprisoned for political activities, Ai Weiwei grew up under a communist party regime that he described as offering "no freedom of speech or expression. I found it almost impossible, in those conditions, for individuals to develop self-consciousness or any real awareness of esthetic values." As a result of experiencing much suppression in his native country and of spending 12 years in New York City, where he observed much freedom of expression, Weiwei has devoted his creative life to dealing with social and political issues related to art. In 1979 and 1980 in Beijing, he participated with paintings in Stars Exhibitions, which involved a group of young artists trying to exercise... Read full biography
Ai Weiwei (b.1957). Born in China to Ai Quin, a famous poet imprisoned for political activities, Ai Weiwei grew up under a communist party regime that he described as offering "no freedom of speech or expression. I found it almost impossible, in those conditions, for individuals to develop self-consciousness or any real awareness of esthetic values." As a result of experiencing much suppression in his native country and of spending 12 years in New York City, where he observed much freedom of expression, Weiwei has devoted his creative life to dealing with social and political issues related to art. In 1979 and 1980 in Beijing, he participated with paintings in Stars Exhibitions, which involved a group of young artists trying to exercise "their own rights to produce non-academic, non-party line artworks, influenced by the early modern sensibility of th... Read full biography
Weiwei Ai - Artist Info
About Weiwei Ai: Books
Books & Publications (5)
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Ai Weiwei: Works 2004-2007
2008
Tinari, Philip; Charles Merewether, Ai Weiwei, Urs Meile
219 pages (color)
Ai Weiwei: Fragments Beijing 2006
2007
Weiwei, Ai; Chen Weiqing
83 pages (color)
Difference: Ren Hui's Works
2006
Weiwei, Ai
58 pages (color)
Ai Weiwei: Beijing 10/2003
2005
Weiwei, Ai
880 pages (color)
Ai Weiwei: Works Beijing 1993-2003
2004
Napack, Jonathan; Chin-chin Yap, Charles Merewether, Al Weiwei