The fact that the basic structure of the sculpture is circular, could suggest the neverending traditions of the chinese people or how weiwei perceives they are stuck in a cycle of dictators and political unrest in china. Detained chinese artist ai weiwei sparks debate in germany. Beijing, june 22, 20 the ai weiwei studio released ai weiweis first music album, the divine comedy, today to commemorate the second anniversary of his release from an 81day secret detention. In 2011, the chinese government arrested and imprisoned him without charge for 81 days. Ap chinese dissident artist ai weiwei told the guardian on monday that the mood in germany and in much of europe is very scary and a reflection of the 1930s. Without fear or favour documentary, is this decorative art. At the controversial center of ai weiweis great wall of art. Without fear or favour, released by bbc ones imagine program earlier this year and recorded shortly prior to ai weiweis arrest, helps contextualize his work, its cultural significance and its implicit political tensions. Artist ai weiwei arrives in germany as britain slammed. In april 2011 ai was detained for alleged economic crimesit was later revealed that he was accused of tax evasionin what was seen as part of a widespread crackdown on dissent. Apr 11, 20 the problem is that chinese is a nation of highly repressive laws, and you have to find something to charge him with. T he wallpaper image on ai weiweis mobile phone is a black and white photograph showing the. He was calm but already then keenly aware of how precarious and unsafe his situation was.
Arts documentary hosted by alan yentob, published by bbc broadcasted as part of bbc imagine series in 2010 english narration cover informationarchitect, photographer, curator and blogger, ai weiwei is chinas most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Ai weiwei without fear or favour autumn 2010 imagine. Ais career has already fuelled a highprofile bbc documentary, ai weiwei. Mar 05, 2011 the fact that the basic structure of the sculpture is circular, could suggest the neverending traditions of the chinese people or how weiwei perceives they are stuck in a cycle of dictators and political unrest in china. Nov 16, 2010 alan yentob had clearly been banned from meeting ai weiwei in china, and so one of their interviews was conducted over a webcam, with yentob sitting in the dark, like some spymaster of the arts. Arts documentary, first broadcast before ai weiweis arrest by the chinese authorities in april 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Ai weiwei, dissident chinese artist, is released the new.
Never sorry is the first featurelength film about the internationally renowned chinese artist and activist, ai weiwei. An outspoken human rights activist, ai was arrested by chinese authorities in april 2011 and held incommunicado for three months. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the chinese governments stance on democracy and human rights. So says an interviewee in the chinese artist and dissident ai weiweis new. On 7 november 2010, when ai weiwei was placed under house arrest by public security in beijing, over 1,000 netizens attended the river crab feast at the shanghai studio. Being a refugee is the most pervasive kind of cruelty that can be exercised against a human being.
His ability to depict a scene in a few simple lines captured. Detained chinese artist ai weiwei sparks debate in germany the arrest of ai weiwei, one of chinas most prominent artists, has triggered international protests. At the time ai weiwei had been under house arrest for a few days. Ai weiwei refugee crisis film to be screened at venice film. Ai weiwei without fear or favor nabilahs reflections. Ai grew up in the far northwest of china, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his fathers exile. Ren zhenglai on a good day, ai qing would rouse himself and amuse his children by sketching for them. Download subtitles for ai weiwei without fear or favour alan yentob explores the story of ai weiweis fight for artistic freedom of expression.
Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, ai weiwei is chinas most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Jul 18, 2011 this fascinating hourlong documentary titled ai weiwei. Jun 23, 2011 beijing the chinese legal authorities released the dissident artist ai weiwei on wednesday after a threemonth detention, apparently ending a prosecution that had become a focal point of. Jan 04, 2014 architect, photographer, curator and blogger, ai weiwei is chinas most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the quotes submission guide. Alan yentob had clearly been banned from meeting ai weiwei in china, and so one of their interviews was conducted over a webcam, with yentob sitting in the dark, like some spymaster of the arts. Im not an activist artist ai weiwei sees his ongoing battles with the chinese government as a matter of personal responsibility to look your enemy in the face and tell them what you. Documenting the story of ai weiwei whos afraid of ai. Ai weiwei, chinese artist and activist whose work included sculptural installations, architectural projects, photographs, and videos.
Browse content similar to ai weiwei without fear or favour. Alan yentob explores the story of ai weiweis life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and determined of artists continues to fight for artistic freedom of expression while living under the restrictive shadows of authoritarian rule. It looks like we dont have any quotes for this title yet. Beijing artist and government critic ai weiwei has gotten his passport back four years after it was confiscated by chinese authorities and plans to visit germany.
Jul 30, 2017 chinese dissident artist ai weiweis documentary about the current refugee crisis, human flow, will premiere at the 74th venice international film festival. But in germany, his police beating and subsequent surgery was top news, and large crowds came to see his art show. He later became a member of the artist group stars, which refused to create chinese art that followed government guidelines. In germany, they werent ai weiwei on his new life in britain. He was released on bail more than two months later, with chinese state media reporting that he had confessed to the charges against. A global citizen, artist and thinker, ai weiwei moves between modes of production and investigation, subject to the direction and outcome of his research, whether into the chinese earthquake of 2008 for works such as straight, 200812 and remembering, 2009 or the worldwide plight of refugees and forced migrants for law of the journey and his featurelength documentary, human flow. Ai weiwei defends his selfie with rightwing german. Without fear or favour 2010, and there are several overlaps in content, though klaymans film benefits from much more extensive access to ai himself, as well as several caughtonthewing encounters with officialdom a memorable highlight involves ai filming policemen who are in turn filming him having a. Alan yentob reveals how chinese artist ai weiwei continues to fight for artistic freedom of expression. Upon returning to china in 1993 he became involved with.
Ai weiwei is famous for his courage and bravery against a very strict country, china. Never sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. The full list of winners, hosts, and honorees can be found here. His nowlegendary sunflower seeds installation for the tate modern in october 2010, which took 2.
Ai weiwei ai weiwei tax evasion allegations and a career retrospective. My artistic talent, in comparison to past classmates and relatives, has always been overshadowed so subsequently i had little desire to develop whatever talents i did possess. Ai weiweis ability to strike a balance between art objects for aesthetic and intellectual contemplation on the one hand, and a sustained and forceful critique of the chinese political establishment on the other, has made him a potent cultural and political force in recent years. His work encompasses diverse fields including fine arts, curating, architecture, and social criticism. Ai weiwei says germany is too intolerant to live in. Upon his release, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued. Ai weiwei presented in berlin his recently published manifesto without borders, a book about the existence between worlds, the permanent feeling of alienation, the worldwide refugee movement and. Jul 30, 2015 dissident chinese artist and free speech advocate ai weiwei, whose passport was returned last week four years after it was confiscated, arrived in germany on thursday to visit his son and said.
Born in beijing in 1957, he moved to xinjiang with his family between 1960 and 1976. In a country where free speech is not recognized as a right, the police have beaten him up, kept him under house. So ai weiwei took his trusty cell phone as camera, along with a large crew and went through 23 countries to document this terrible human flow, as he rightly calls this tragic, continuous mass of homeless souls. Jun 10, 2012 my meeting with ai weiwei in beijing in the fall of 2010 was the starting point for our work on this exhibition. As an activist, he calls attention to human rights violations on an epic scale. Open in his criticism of the chinese government, ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest. Dissident chinese artist ai weiwei in germany, says britain. China dissident artist ai weiwei gets his passport back cbs. Klaymans detailed portrait of the artist provides a nuanced exploration of contemporary china and one of its most compelling public figures. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more.
The single dumbass, premiered last month along with its music video, is included in the album. Below is ai weiweis acceptance speech from pen americas 2018 litfest gala upon receiving our artistic expression award. In recent years, ai has garnered international attention as much for his ambitious artwork as his political provocations. Firsttime director alison klayman gained unprecedented access to ai while working as a journalist in china. Ai weiwei without fear or favour, bbc one the arts desk. Alan yentob meets the five surviving members of monty python john cleese, michael palin, terry jones, terry gilliam and eric idle as they prepare to reunite on stage. Ai weiwei is back in london with a new exhibition after a fiveyear hiatus. Without fear or favour 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Alan yentob explores the story of ai weiweis life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and. His documentary may not be very professional or smooth, but neither are the people he is covering. Arts documentary, first broadcast before ai weiwei s arrest by the chinese authorities in april 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Ai lived in new york from 1981 to 1993, where he began early experimentation with conceptual and appropriation art. Oct, 2017 at the controversial center of ai weiweis great wall of art in new york, the dissident artist is selfieobsessed and selfreflective by stephanie eckardt october, 2017 6.
In 2009, ai weiwei was arrested and beaten by chinese police. Many an eyebrow was raised last week when the leader of the rightwing nationalist alternative for germany afd party shared a selfie in which she poses with artist ai weiwei. Ai weiwei has described his recent move to the uk as a step into the unknown and said he was looking forward to getting involved in arguments about brexit in an exclusive interview with the. Ai weiwei in a german hospital with blood draining from his hemmorage in 2009 photo via frieze blog all the backpedaling and propaganda offensives in the world cant erase klaymans proof. From 2008 to 2010, beijingbased journalist and filmmaker alison klayman gained unprecedented access to internationally renowned chinese artist and activist ai weiwei. A cultural figure of international renown, ai weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and chinas most famous artist.
Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. If you charge him with something overtly political, then you run into the problem that ai weiwei has been careful not to say a. On 11 january 2011, the shanghai city government forcibly demolished the ai weiwei studio within a day, without any prior notice. Dec 03, 2010 china prevents chinese artist ai weiwei from travelling abroad, amid an apparent crackdown on supporters of nobel peace prize winner liu xiaobo. The dissident chinese artist ai weiwei has admonished britain for its lukewarm defence of prodemocracy protesters in hong kong and announced that he is leaving germany. Chinese dissident artist ai weiwei arrived in germany thursday on his first overseas trip since he was arrested nearly four years ago, after britain denied him a sixmonth visa because he did not declare a supposed criminal conviction on his application. Ai weiwei is the most famous chinese artist living today.
This fascinating hourlong documentary titled ai weiwei. Human flow, a film about the global refugee crisis shot in 23 countries that documents the artists desire to understand it, will be released this fall. Alan yentob explores the story of ai weiweis life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and determined of artists continues to. While ais art was lauded internationally, its frequently provocative dimension as well as his political outspokenness triggered forms of repression from chinese authorities. Chinese artist ai weiwei arrives for a news conference, berlin, germany, october 26, 2015. Arrested and harassed by the chinese government, artist ai weiwei makes daring works unlike anything the world has ever seen. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, ai weiwei is. Subsequently he relocated to the united states in 1981 and lived there until 1993.
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