Ai Weiwei Quotes


I remember one little rainy day I went searching for this apartment and I saw so many people standing on a stoop on the corner in the rain. Later I realized, that was drug traffic. They were all buying drugs.


Citations

Ai, Weiwei. Ai Weiwei's Blog: Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009. Edited by Lee Ambrozy, MIT Press, 2011.

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Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
  • Born: August 28, 1957
  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Profession: Artist

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of "tofu-dreg schools" in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for "economic crimes". He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators.