Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.

Ai Weiwei ist ein chinesischer Konzeptkünstler, Bildhauer und Kurator.

艾未未（1957年5月18日－），祖籍浙江省金华府金华县畈田蒋村（今属浙江省金华市金东区），生于北京，中华人民共和国艺术家及异议人士。曾在美国居留12年，活跃于建筑、艺术、影像、推特和社会文化评论领域[1][2]。艾未未是一个行动者，他认为“行为即艺术，即自由表达”。

艾未未（1957 年 5 月 18 日－），祖籍浙江省金華府金華縣畈田蔣村（今屬浙江省金華市金東區），生於北京，中華人民共和國藝術家及異議人士。曾在美國居留 12 年，活躍於建築、藝術、影像、推特和社會文化評論領域。艾未未是一個行動者，他認為“行為即藝術，即自由表達”。