Ai Weiwei
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Born 1957-08-28
Beijing, China
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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 schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly 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. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.
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Filmography
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The Daily Show
Morgenmagazin
Bambi
Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
Kulturplatz
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
Why Are We Creative?
Fairytale
Artsnight
Ordos 100
One Recluse
Aux arts et cætera
Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System
ALLEN & AI
The Trainer
Chang'an Boulevard
Beijing: The Second Ring
Beijing: The Third Ring
The Crab House
Rohingya
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
CoroNation
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
The Rest
Disturbing the Peace
Sanhua
Ithaka
Wenchuan Rebar
Ping'an Yueqing
Straight
Human Flow
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
The Sand Storm
Ximei
A Beautiful Life
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
Shouting Out
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
Cockroach
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
Animality
Heaven and Earth
Play of the Play
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Flower Good Moon Round
Fukushima Art Project
You Know What I Mean
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
Hormone
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
Remembrance
Jingmei Wang
Ai Weiwei Drifting
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
The Mala Desert
Stay Home
Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?
江天勇律师
Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button
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