{"id":6488,"date":"2014-06-26T07:29:08","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T11:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2021-06-06T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T20:34:54","slug":"weighing-in-on-ai-weiwei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2014\/06\/weighing-in-on-ai-weiwei\/","title":{"rendered":"Weighing in on Ai Weiwei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When I saw Ai Weiwei&#8217;s sculptural artwork featured in the <em>Washington Post,<\/em> I remembered another artist&#8217;s work I wrote about in the post <a title=\"Previous post on Motoi Yamamoto\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2011\/08\/careful-where-you-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Careful Where You Step<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Like Motoi Yamamoto&#8217;s work using salt, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/museums\/ai-weiwei-a-retrospective-of-his-works\/2014\/06\/20\/ad14ef9c-f59a-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ai Weiwei&#8217;s artwork <\/a>uses large amounts of organic and simulated-organic materials, like sunflower seeds (porcelain replicas painted white) and reclaimed wood arranged in thought-provoking ways like filling a cavernous hall or used to create a map of China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei-Sunflower-Seeds_via-Washington-Post.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8869\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei-Sunflower-Seeds_via-Washington-Post.png\" alt=\"Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds_via Washington Post on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"480\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei-Sunflower-Seeds_via-Washington-Post.png 480w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei-Sunflower-Seeds_via-Washington-Post-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei-Sunflower-Seeds_via-Washington-Post-363x300.png 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Map-of-China_Getty-Images_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Map-of-China_Getty-Images_AIE.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwie_Map of China_Getty Images_AIE\" width=\"450\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Map-of-China_Getty-Images_AIE.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Map-of-China_Getty-Images_AIE-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He also uses manufactured materials like re-bar, glass and metal to produce memorable installations like Straight and Cube Light, which I can see as part of the Hirshorn&#8217;s permanent collection and the famous Bird&#8217;s Nest concept for the Chinese Olympic stadium in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Cube-Light_Hirshorn-Gallery_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6492\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Cube-Light_Hirshorn-Gallery_AIE.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwei_Cube Light_Hirshorn Gallery_AIE\" width=\"450\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Cube-Light_Hirshorn-Gallery_AIE.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Cube-Light_Hirshorn-Gallery_AIE-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Weiwei&#8217;s art, however, carries messages about his country with its politics of corruption and lack of transparency. Much like <a title=\"Previous post on Liu Bolin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/12\/liu-bolin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liu Bolin<\/a> becoming well known for his artwork while revealing political undertones and as a master of disguise, disappearing into his artistic environment, so too has Weiwie become a dissident artist. His artwork has gotten him into trouble, however. He has been &#8216;imprisoned&#8217; in China since 1993, when he returned after a decade of working in the USA. China will not return his passport and is virtually holding him captive in his motherland. At least you can still see his artwork with his ideas being boundless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Getty_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Getty_AIE.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwei_Getty_on Art Is Everywhere\" width=\"450\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Getty_AIE.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwei_Getty_AIE-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Teahouse_WP_AIE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Teahouse_WP_AIE.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwie_Teahouse_WP_AIE\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Teahouse_WP_AIE.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ai-Weiwie_Teahouse_WP_AIE-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Read more of the <a title=\"Washington Post_ Ai Weiwei Retrospective\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/museums\/ai-weiwei-a-retrospective-of-his-works\/2014\/06\/20\/ad14ef9c-f59a-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Click here to see a post featuring the Birds Nest on <a title=\"Previous post on Beijing's Buildings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2008\/06\/beijing-buildings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beijing&#8217;s Buildings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei&#8217;s art is featured on Art is 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