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.
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- 2024 · Free to Create - Artists in Exile as Himself
- 2023 · Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy as Himself
- 2023 · Laogai: Prison Nation - Inside China's Ruling System as Self - Interviewee
- 2022 · Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War as
- 2022 · Ithaka as Self
- 2022 · Aux arts et cætera as Self
- 2019 · Vincent van Gogh Superstar as Self
- 2019 · Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies as
- 2019 · Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly as Self
- 2019 · The Rest as
- 2018 · Why Are We Creative?: The Centipede's Dilemma as Self
- 2018 · Firing Line with Margaret Hoover as
- 2018 · Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires as Himself
- 2017 · The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg as
- 2017 · Ai Weiwei Drifting as Self
- 2015 · Artsnight as Self
- 2014 · Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- 2014 · Ai Weiwei - Evidence as Himself
- 2014 · The Sand Storm as
- 2014 · Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50 as Self
- 2013 · Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case as
- 2012 · KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao as Himself
- 2012 · Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry as Self - Artist
- 2011 · Hormone as
- 2010 · Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour as
- 2009 · Disturbing the Peace as Self
- 2009 · Little Girl's Cheeks as
- 2004 · Kulturplatz as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1992 · Morgenmagazin as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self