LibGuides: G 6 Art as Action: Ai Weiwei

Web Sources

Is Ai Weiwei China’s Most Dangerous Man?
From Smithsonian Magazine: "Arrested and harassed by the Chinese government, artist Ai Weiwei makes daring works unlike anything the world has ever seen"
Ai Weiwei, "Remembering" and the Politics of Dissent
From Khan Academy: "All art is political in the sense that all art takes place in the public arena and engages with an already existing ideology. Yet there are times when art becomes dangerously political for both the artist and the viewers who engage with that art."
Ai Weiwei: The artwork that made me the most dangerous person in China
From The Guardian newspaper: "In 2009, the dissident artist created a work to honour the thousands of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake. He recalls how the project, Remembering, angered China’s rulers – and changed his career for ever."
Why is Ai Weiwei Breaking Into Alcatraz?
From Smithsonian Mag: "China’s most controversial artist selected America’s most notorious prison as the home for his new show"

YouTube: Ai Weiwei detained. Here is his TED film

Databases

Britannica: Ai Weiwei
Encyclopedia entry on Ai Weiwei

YouTube: The Case for Ai Weiwei | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios

"Ai Weiwei has been called an iconoclast, a radical, a voice for the voiceless, and was once named the most powerful artist in the world. Who is Ai Weiwei? And why is he considered one of the most renowned artists of our time?" (The Art Assignment)

YouTube: Spark: Arts + Social Issues | KQED Arts

YouTube: Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM): "Ai Weiwei: According to What?"

"PAMM's Chief Curator Tobias Ostrander and Mami Kataoka, Chief Curator of the exhibition, "Ai Weiwei: According to What?" give details about the artist's collective work."

Ai Weiwei Never Sorry 2012 (Exerpt)

The excerpt relating to the 2008 earthquake and project 'Remembering' which resulted from it run from 9:08 - 14:41min