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Ai Weiwei

Study in Perspective

Ai Weiwei takes a socio-political stand through his art, a man who fights to preserve the Chinese state, a speaker for what he believes is right, one who believes an individual should set an example in society, for him, the art practice should be a philosophy on how we should be living life, your every move and action is a statement of your own persona, and in his own words “Your own acts and behavior tell the world who you are and at the same time what kind of society you think it should be.”

For WeiWei the idea of mechanization inevitably results in a loss of individualness, his own work reminds the spectators the uniqueness of all around us, work that challenges our first impression, what may seem like ordinary is in fact an outcome of a deeply-thought process, and upon further contemplation, one can appreciate that in reality every piece of his work has its own individuality, each different in detail than the others.

He questions consumerism, he bitterly remembers the China he knew since a young age when in the hard political regimen the ideal was that everything from the past should be destroyed to create a new world, by taking antiquities of profound cultural value and turning them into new pieces which blatantly and almost satirically make fun of the cultural desires of modern age.

"Re: Ai Wei Wei - Study in Perspective / My Art School (Can't forgive these buildings)", 2013