Ai Wei or the Highway

January 2, 2017

LEGO portraits, sunflower seeds, & the middle finger are just a few of the images that come to mind when thinking of contemporary artist and activist, Ai Weiwei. Join the Babes as they discuss his work, influences, political activism, & tumultuous relationship with the Chinese government.

Censored version available

Sources:

Spalding, David. @Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. The FOR-SITE Foundation, 2014.

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. Film. 2012. Dir. Alison Layman

Links:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jul/22/ai-weiwei-free-to-travel-overseas-again-after-china-returns-his-passport

http://aiweiwei.cycladic.gr/en/portfolio_page/study-of-perspective-1995-2011-2014/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-the-arts/id941313219?mt=2

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/global-art-architecture/a/ai-weiwei-remembering-and-the-politics-of-dissent

http://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/ai-weiwei/#_

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ai-weiwei-on-his-favorite-artists-living-in-new-york-and-why-the-government-is-afraid-of-him-30139964/

http://gailpellettproductions.com/ai-weiwei-new-york-1983-1993/

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/ai-weiwei-libero-retrospective-opens-in-florence/

https://artefuse.com/2016/10/21/pancho-westendarp-at-robert-henry-contemporary-124770-2/

http://www.italofile.com/2016/09/22/ai-weiwei-florence/