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An Exclusive Essay By Ai Weiwei: 'On Self-Censorship' By Mallika Rao China's best known and boldest contemporary artist, Ai Weiwei, poses in the garden of his studio in the suburbs of Beijing on April 3, 2014.

A cultural figure of international renown, Ai Weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and China’s most famous artist. Open in his criticism of the Chinese government, Ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest.

Ai Weiwei’s fight for the human rights of others has meant that his own have been jeopardized. Creating work that is both dangerously loud and quietly considered, the artist-activist is a true revolutionary of his time. By using the internet as his soapbox, he has become a global figure for those without a voice.

Ai Weiwei — The tree recomposed At the Frederik Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park (Michigan, USA), the Ai Weiwei exhibition (January-March 2017) is an opportunity to approach the representation of the tree in his work. Ai Weiwei (born in 1957) is the most significant personality of the independent Chinese art scene. Versatile (architect.

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence (flowering head). The sunflower is named after its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image are often used to depict the sun.

A tribute to Ai Weiwei, inspired by his installation, “Sunflower Seeds”. Ai Weiwei’s portrait was created out of 100,000 or 7kgs of sunflower seeds in an old alleyway in Shanghai. It was curious to observe how none of the passersby knew who he was, likely because there is no mention of him in local Chinese media.

Subversive seeds. Ai Weiwei often uses his art to critique political and economic injustice. This can be seen in work such as his 2010 installation, Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds) at Tate Modern, London.

Ai Weiwei: sunflower seeds Ai, Weiwei; Bingham, Juliet Born in Beijing in 1957, Ai Weiwei is one of the most influential artists at work today and has exhibited widely in Asia, Europe and North America.

Ai Weiwei is one of the best known artists working today. View Ai Weiwei’s 525 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. See available sculpture, prints and multiples, and photographs for sale and learn about the artist.

News Education University strikes: Artist Ai Weiwei sows seeds of support for striking Cambridge staff According to the striking university staff, the acclaimed sculptor and human rights activist.

An installation made out of 100 million handmade porcelain sunflower seeds by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is being tended to by employees at the Tate Modern in London, Great Britain, 11 October 2010. The installation was a commissioned work for Tate Modern's Unilever Series.

A cultural figure of international renown, Ai Weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and China’s most famous artist. Open in his criticism of the Chinese government, Ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest. “I don’t see myself as a dissident artist,” he says. “I see them as a dissident.