Ai Weiwei
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Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he ha
Ai in 2017
This raincoat has a hole near the waist which is covered with a condom. The work is intended to describe the AIDS crisis as Ai saw it in New York City.
Ai WeiWei's Divina Proportione, Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, Hamilton, Bermuda
Tate Modern in London, home to Ai's Sunflower Seeds exhibition, put a large sign on their exterior that read "Release Ai Weiwei".
Beijing National Stadium
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The National Stadium, a.k.a. the Bird's Nest, is a stadium at Olympic Green in Chaoyang, Beijing, China. The National Stadium, covering an area of 204,000 square meters with an 80,000 person capacity,
Ai Weiwei
…participate in this project. Ai was commissioned as the artistic consultant for design, collaborating with the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, for the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics, also known as the "Bird's Nest". Although ignored by the Chinese media, he had voiced his anti-Olympics views. He later…
Exterior view of the stadium
Bird's nest at night during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games
Bird's Nest in 2008
Under construction in September 2007