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Ai Weiwei
Geburtstag: 28. August 1957
Ai Weiwei ist ein chinesischer Konzeptkünstler, Bildhauer und Kurator. Er ist der Sohn des Dichters und Malers Ai Qing und Halbbruder des Malers Ai Xuan.
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„But every penny they borrowed or made from China has really come as a result of how this nation sacrificed everybody’s rights. With globalization and the Internet, we all know it.“
— Ai Weiwei
Context: Today, the West feels very shy about human rights and the political situation. They’re in need of money. But every penny they borrowed or made from China has really come as a result of how this nation sacrificed everybody’s rights. With globalization and the Internet, we all know it. Don’t pretend you don’t know it. The Western politicians—shame on them if they say they’re not responsible for this. It’s getting worse, and it will keep getting worse.
interview in Newsweek, 21 November 2011.
„Writers, artists, and commentators on websites are detained or thrown into jail when they reflect on democracy, opening up, reform and reason. This is the reality of China.“
— Ai Weiwei
Higgins, Charlotte. "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/apr/11/ai-weiwei-china-last-interview Ai Weiwei: ‘China in many ways is just like the middle ages]." Guardian.co.uk., April 11, 2011.
„Overturning police cars is a super-intense workout. It’s probably the only sport I enjoy.“
— Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei Twitter feed: @AiWW (6:46 p.m. June 15, 2009).
„I don’t see myself as a dissident artist. I see them as a dissident government!“
— Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei Twitter feed: @AiWW (January 25, 2012)
„[My family] suffer so much. My mother was much older when I came out [of detention]. She had problems with her hearing and high blood pressure. But they still support me. When you make somebody disappear and you don’t announce it to the family, what is this? You make people desperate and bring them close to death. If our cat or dog is lost, it makes us desperately want to know where it is—so for humans disappearing, you can barely imagine the pain. What kind of society is this? If a society cannot even support somebody like me, then people ask: Who is under protection, then? That’s why there is such support for me. It is not because I am so beautiful or so charming. People feel, This guy is fighting for us.“
— Ai Weiwei
“[http://www.economist.com/node/21554178 Ai Weiwei: Artistic Licence].” Economist, May 5, 2012.
