This week I learned about the inspirational Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. I read an article in The Guardian about his most recent exhibition at UK's Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
As The Guardian states is currently China's most famous artist and has been described by the Times as "a figure of Warholian celebrity" in Bejing, besides being an architect, a curator, a publisher, an architect, and a very influential blogger.
I was moved when I found out that he was severely attacked by the Chinese police due to his investigation of the deaths of 5250 children in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This investigation inspired his artwork Remembering 2009, a work that consisted on thousands of children's backpacks. Yet his inquiry to the Chinese government regarding the deaths of these children resulted in the police bursting into his hotel room and beating him beating him so harshly that surgeons in Munich had to drill a whole through his skull to remove 30 ml of fluid.
Learning about the existence of this inspirational artist really changed the course of my week. Knowing that there is someone out there sacrificing his life to make a difference in the world really moved me. I'm sure this is not the last thing I will be hearing about Ai Weiwei.
Good and interesting. A couple of issues about links. When you link to the "Times" ,it doesn't take us to the story you're referring to but just the home page of the paper. You probably want to send us to the article. Also I would have loved a link to the Sichuan earthquake. or a couple of links.
ResponderEliminarAnd we need something a little deeper than just it moved you. Why is what you're telling important for the reader to know? How is it relevant/ informative/etc. You could use this as op to comment on china, or oppression. or where art comes from. Do you see what i mean?