Chief artist of China outlawed

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The Chinese Communists announced Aya Weiwei outlawed, Tiananmen Square (the shooting of students in June 1989), the persecution of the Dalai Lama, now a famous artist .. (EA)
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"What makes a biography ..."
April 7, the PRC authorities gave the first explanation of the fate of the main contemporary Chinese artist Aya Weiwei, who disappeared several days ago. They confirmed all the worst suspicions - for the master, famous throughout the world under investigation.

Ai Weiwei maverick reputation was long ago. Actually, in China do not have to do too much, that you have taken note of - just "hang out". The artist was destined for this from birth: his father was Ai Qing, a prominent poet, sent into exile in the late fifties and not printed until the rehabilitation in 1978. In addition, Ai Weiwei more than ten years he lived and studied in the U.S. and China came only in 1993 when his father became ill. At home, he developed the activities, becoming the initiator of many projects and exhibitions.

Ai Weiwei has created a name for itself abroad, quickly became the most acclaimed contemporary artist from China: Aya works were exhibited in Japan, Korea, USA, Australia, Brazil and almost all Western European countries (including at the prestigious Venice Biennale). Asian sector of the art market in recent years, developing so successfully that in the foreseeable future, certainly surpass American and European, and in fact Ai Weiwei is one of those to whom it is possible to put the credit - along with ancient and contemporary Chinese artists-rich buyers from Hong Kong .

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However, Chinese authorities have taken the time to encourage Aya, and no wonder: his art were frequent ideological differences with the dogma. For example, it suffices to mention one of the latest and most high-profile exhibitions of the artist: one of the halls of the gallery, "Tate - Modern" were scattered about a hundred million sunflower seeds - which were actually hand made of porcelain and painted by artisans of Jingdezhen in 1600. Visitors to the Museum of London which went over the mountains "seeds," Hay invited to reflect on the culture of consumption and the millions of Chinese who are forced to serve her.

Another example - the famous National Stadium in Beijing, also known as "Bird Nest" under construction for the 2008 Olympics. Ai Weiwei participated in the development of its appearance, together with the Swiss architects. The structure of the feedback gathered brilliant professionals and chained themselves to millions of admiring glances. Hay had every opportunity to rest on its laurels. But instead, he spoke out against holding the Games in a country where human rights are violated. Then became the star of the artist and did renounce his work, saying that he did it only out of love for design.

Ai criticized the Chinese authorities not only in the language of art, but plain text - through the media and the Internet. Until recent events, he has several times entered into open conflict with the state, for the first time - in 2008, after a devastating earthquake in Sichuan. Then, Ai Weiwei has participated in a national investigation into the incident, which helped investigate corruption in the construction of flimsy schools under the debris that killed thousands of students. He began to draw up a list of names of victims, to establish their present number. In 2009, during the investigation of the artist was beaten by police and later the German physician recorded a brain hemorrhage, need an operation.

In autumn 2010, it became known that the authorities decided to demolish the newly-built Shanghai studio Aya Weiwei, according to official explanations, the construction had been admitted some violations with the land. Paradoxically, the construction of the artist's studio booked the same power - even before he began to speak out strongly on political issues. During the period when the Communist Party changed its views, Aye, in particular, managed to make a film about public figures Chzhengu Feng, who lived more than three months in the Tokyo airport, as the Chinese authorities would not let him back home. That the artist was unable to take part in actions in defense of his own studio, he was put under house arrest. In December Ayu forbidden to leave China, and in January 2011 a workshop was demolished.

On April 3, Aya was taken off the flight. On the same day police searched his studio and took all the computers. Since then, the fate of the artist within four days remained unknown, because the authorities did not say he was arrested or not. In fact, do not clarify this issue and now - with the difference that gosinformagentstvo Xinhua released a short note that Ai Weiwei is under legal investigation and is suspected of certain economic crimes (which is very similar claims against the illegal construction of the studio).

During these four days, had expressed support for Ayu artists and museum workers in many Western countries, as well as EU authorities, the United States, Britain, France and Germany. In response to one of government newspaper advised foreigners not to go into the internal affairs of the country.

In that case the artist - the political, no one doubts. Most observers attributed the detention Aya Weiwei with his statements about the revolutions and protests throughout the Arab world: from the moment that exploded in Tunisia, in China sharply increased oversight of dissidents. Others note that the artist had a reputation untouchable because of the father figure and an international reputation, and time and it still came, the decision was taken at the top.

The scandal has acquired an international dimension, and Beijing to hush it will not succeed. What troubled community now expect, it is unclear - whether speedy trial and sentencing, or a sudden release, or many months or even years of obscurity (and possibly trade with foreign partners). Detention Aya Weiwei is very similar to the situation with a prisoner advocate Liu Xiaobo, who in 2010 received the Nobel Prize (this decision Hay maintained that he, too, of course, score?). Perhaps China has decided such categorical measures increase the number of winners. "What's biography makes our red-headed" - this is also about the future Nobelevku said.

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From site ARTinvestment.RU

Last Sunday, a famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (Ai Weiwei), was detained at Beijing airport by police and taken to an unknown destination. Since then, no news from him have been reported. Aye, only one in a series of intellectuals who were arrested in China in recent weeks: the authorities are afraid of repeating the Middle East scenario. As reported by The New York Times, the New York project Aya, despite the disappearance of the author, decided not to do it.

May 2 in midtown Manhattan, opposite Plaza Hotel (Fifth Avenue) will be presented to the public twelve sculptures in the form of Aya heads of zodiac animals. This is a replica of figures who were abducted in the XIX century of the Imperial Palace Yuanminyuan. The ensemble is shown in the Biennale in Sao Paulo, May 12, it also can be seen in London (Somerset House). New York instances will stay at the Plaza Hotel until July 15. Opening to visit the mayor Michael Bloomberg (Michael Bloomberg).

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The project involved the organization AW Asia, whose founder Larry Warsh (Larry Warsh) reported that the sculpture is already in New York. According to Worsham, to agitate for the liberation of the artist's premature, because no one knows exactly what happened to him. However, he has already made a formal requirement to give freedom to Ayu, which is "one of the greatest living artists and thinkers, as well as internationally respected advocate of human rights."

Their protest against the arrest of Aya already expressed by the representatives of the Governments of Great Britain, Germany, France and the United States, as well as many cultural figures, including director of the Tate, Nicholas Serota (Nicholas Serota), the artist Olafur Eliasson (Olafur Eliasson) and the architect Lebbeus Woods (Lebbeus Woods ).
The material was prepared Yulia Maksimova
http://artinvestment.ru/news/artnews..._new_york.html

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From site ARTinvestment.RU

Last Sunday, a famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (Ai Weiwei), was detained at Beijing airport by police and taken to an unknown destination. Since then, no news from him have been reported. Aye, only one in a series of intellectuals who were arrested in China in recent weeks: the authorities are afraid of repeating the Middle East scenario. As reported by The New York Times, the New York project Aya, despite the disappearance of the author, decided not to do it.

May 2 in midtown Manhattan, opposite Plaza Hotel (Fifth Avenue) will be presented to the public twelve sculptures in the form of Aya heads of zodiac animals. This is a replica of figures who were abducted in the XIX century of the Imperial Palace Yuanminyuan. The ensemble is shown in the Biennale in Sao Paulo, May 12, it also can be seen in London (Somerset House). New York instances will stay at the Plaza Hotel until July 15. Opening to visit the mayor Michael Bloomberg (Michael Bloomberg).

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The project involved the organization AW Asia, whose founder Larry Warsh (Larry Warsh) reported that the sculpture is already in New York. According to Worsham, to agitate for the liberation of the artist's premature, because no one knows exactly what happened to him. However, he has already made a formal requirement to give freedom to Ayu, which is "one of the greatest living artists and thinkers, as well as internationally respected advocate of human rights."

Their protest against the arrest of Aya already expressed by the representatives of the Governments of Great Britain, Germany, France and the United States, as well as many cultural figures, including director of the Tate, Nicholas Serota (Nicholas Serota), the artist Olafur Eliasson (Olafur Eliasson) and the architect Lebbeus Woods (Lebbeus Woods ).
The material was prepared Yulia Maksimova
http://artinvestment.ru/news/artnews..._new_york.html

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Very familiar pattern . Immediately reminded of the 60 syatniki and outcast artists dissidents generously watered money . Now I understand why he is so famous , the Wave , all of these awards is not given for achievements in the arts . Starting with Pasternak and Brodsky , etc. All this is politics .

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Starting with Pasternak and Brodsky , etc. All this is politics .

" The dog barks - the wind is , but the caravan goes on ... "
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On the night of January 12, 2011 China's Communist authorities demolished the studio of the famous artist Ai Weiwei in Shanghai ..... The artist says that a workshop of about $ 1.1 million , was built in July 2010, was demolished without any warning .

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Artist Ai Weiwei rearrested. At Beijing airport it, as well as eight staff artist was detained by police.
Chinese artist - one of the most famous contemporary conceptualists. In the West, he is in great demand: to take even his famous installation "Sunflower Seeds", which appeared last fall in a room in London's Tate Modern. One-hundred kilos of seeds of porcelain made and painted by hand, were scattered on the floor gallery. In February, the work sold at auction Sotheby's: Estimé in the 80-120 thousand pounds sterling installation went for 349.2 thousand
Ai Weiwei among others also the author of the draft Olympic stadium in Beijing, dubbed the "Bird's Nest" and the founder of art group "Stars" (the participants put their pictures in front of the Beijing Art Museum, and on the second day they broke up the police).
Since 2009, the artist is subjected to repression by Chinese authorities. Everything started after Ai Weiwei has started its own investigation into the circumstances of the earthquake in Sichuan. He announced to unofficial statistics, data on corruption in the construction sector (in the first minutes of an earthquake collapsed school). A terrible tragedy was reflected in the artist. On a retrospective exhibition at the Art Hall in Munich, he presented a giant snake made up of nine thousand school backpack. Together they form the phrase "She lived happily for seven years in this world." In addition, Ai Weiwei made a documentary about Chinese Feng Chzhengu public figure, which for months was not allowed in Beijing.
In the past year because of his active work the artist has been placed under house arrest. Ai Weiwei was unable to travel to Kiev for the ceremony Future Generation Art Prize. And already this year, Chinese authorities demolished the Beijing artist's studio. Besides, was canceled and his first retrospective at home. Centre for Contemporary Art Ullensa refused to hold an exhibition, fearing conflict with the authorities. In March, Ai Weiwei has announced that he intends to move to Berlin, and was planning to open there in late April show. But now those plans are in jeopardy.
Read more: http://www.rbcdaily.ru/2011/04/05/li...62949979998632

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The Foreign Ministry confirms that the artist Ai Weiwei arrested in connection with economic disturbances, and asks foreign governments not to interfere in domestic affairs, said on Thursday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei.
"As far as I know, he committed economic crimes. Law enforcement agencies are investigating," - "the diplomat said, adding that his detention had nothing to do with the problem of" human rights "and freedom of expression.
Hung Lai stressed that "no other countries have no right to interfere" in internal affairs of China.
Born in the Chinese capital, 53-year-old artist, was arrested on Sunday in the Beijing airport. Since then, his wife was unable to contact him. During searches in the office and house Ai Weiwei was confiscated computer equipment.

Widely known in the west of the artist and architect from time to time openly critical of the PRC authorities for failing to civil rights and liberties. Earlier, the authorities repeatedly prevented from leaving the Ai Weiwei China.

Estimated the Western media, Ai Weiwei latest arrest happened at a time when the government is essentially "turn the screws" and regularly in the recent arrest of human rights defenders and dissidents.
Which other countries have no right to interfere "in internal affairs of China.

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Sculptures arrested Hay Veyveya New York to see him or without him. Exhibition of the Chinese artist Ai Veyveya in New York will pass, despite his arrest ...
Sculpture exhibition of Chinese artist Ai Veyveya opens in New York on May 2, regardless of whether the artist will be able to get to New York or not, said organizers of the exhibition. It is still unknown where the artist was arrested on Sunday, April 3, at Beijing airport. Even his wife Ai Veyveya not told where he was and what he is accused.
Despite the fact that the Chinese artist Ai Wave, repeatedly criticized the Chinese authorities arrested an exhibition of his works in New York will be held, said on April 5, the exhibition organizers.
"We will work exactly as planned. Sculptures are ready, they are already here, "- said The New York Times Larry Warsh, who heads the organization AW Asia, which organized the exhibition.
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Fate Ai Veyveya concerned not only the organizers of the exhibition of the artist, but the world art community and politicians. 5 April the U.S. embassy and the EU delegation in China appealed to the Chinese government with letters, directed by email and regular mail, according to Reuters. The situation with the arrest of the artist, whose location is currently unknown, turns into a diplomatic row.
April 4, demanding the release made by the artist director of the Tate Gallery, Nicholas Serota, sculptor Antony Gormley and Anish Kapoor, the organizers of the exhibition at London's Somerset House, which was supposed to open on May 12, and a close friend Veyveya, Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson.
Liberation artist demanded as France and Germany. "I appeal to the Chinese government to urgently seek clarification, and I expect that Hay Wave will be released immediately" - The Independent quoted an official statement by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle.

1.Ay Wave was not afraid to openly criticize the Chinese government
2. May 2 in midtown Manhattan on Fifth Avenue, opposite the Plaza Hotel, the public will be presented to "Zodiac, twelve sculptures Ai Weiwei in the form of heads of zodiac animals. Reproduce figures statues were stolen in the XIX century of the Imperial Palace Yuanminyuan. The ensemble is shown in the Biennale in Sao Paulo, May 12, it can be seen at London's Somerset House.

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Interesting article from the site ARTinvestment.RU (02.06.2010)

Who is Ai Weiwei (Ai Weiwei, p. 1957), in Russia, not everyone will respond, but the most famous works of this artist knows everything or almost everything. Hay is one of the sponsors of the stadium "Bird's Nest", built for the Beijing 2008 Olympics. However, at the opening ceremony of the games he refused to come, and in general expressed his negative attitude towards this event: according to him, but deeply flawed government would "lift the spirit of the people" with the help of expensive spectacles, while the country's reigns, corruption and violated daily human rights. So why does the artist participated in the creation of the official symbol of the "new China"? "Because I love to design buildings," - he replied.

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installations and sculptures Aya differ flawless technical execution and terrific entertainment - a real feast for the eyes, but visual power is always combined with a sharp political commentary. Someone might accuse him of megalomania and desire to "spectacle", but Hay believes that to achieve change is possible only if you speak loudly. Topics covered in his writings are so important that sometimes people even called to assist him in undertaking, fraught with serious conflicts with the authorities. This, of course, is the project "The names of the Sichuan earthquake, for which the artist, along with volunteers from the list of students was killed in a terrible disaster - according to Aja, though officials have not plundered the money allocated for school repairs, the many deaths could have been avoided. Chinese authorities who sought to silence the information that severely punish the activists. Blog Aya was closed, and the artist himself beat burst into a hotel room police, so much so that he happened to cerebral haemorrhage and required a complicated operation. Donated and his volunteers: one of them, Ian Persons (Yang Licai), published an article where he spoke about the violence with which he encountered while working on the project.

Recently in San Francisco Haines Gallery was a personal exhibition of Aya, a central exhibit which was a huge snake, made from children's backpacks - a powerful and terrible monument to the earthquake victims. Last year, the facade of the Munich art of decorating houses another installation, which went nine thousand backpacks: the phrase "She lived happily in this world for seven years" on a bright blue background. Simple, everyday objects often appear in the artist's works, not only as a material: in San Francisco, you could see a copy of porcelain colorful dresses for the girls, bought in an ordinary department store. Turning trehkopeechnuyu odezhku an expensive collector's object, it pays tribute to an unnamed Chinese who suffer the oppression of all political experiments. This product is close installation "Sunflower" - a neat mound of porcelain sunflower seeds. During the "Great Leap Forward", these seeds were the staple food of millions of starving peasants. Twenty assistants worked on this installation for a year. Such a method of manufacturing products, akin artist with stars of pop art by Jeff Koons (Jeff Koons) and Takashi Murakami (Takashi Murakami), to some extent be regarded as a mega-comment about the image of China as the world's major producing country and country fakes.

Over the dissent in China really put. Activist Tan Zuoren (Tan Zuoren), preparing the database of deaths in the earthquake children, was sentenced to five years - and this is just one example. With a brutal regime Hay familiar firsthand: his childhood, he wore the stigma of her son an "enemy people" - his father, a famous poet Ai Qing (Ai Qing), was one of hundreds of thousands of intellectuals who sent "to re-education" labor camps. The family was forced to live in a dugout on a daily basis subjected to humiliation by local residents. "For one wrong phrase could you paid with his life" - says the artist. After the Cultural Revolution Ai Qing, was rehabilitated. The country has rediscovered the universities, and his son could do in two prestigious institutions - the Beijing Academy of cinema (which also studied the famous film directors Chen Kaige (Chen Kaige) and Zhang Yimou (Zhang Yimou)) and the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In late 1970 he joined the group "Stars" - one of the first Chinese avant-garde associations, and in 1981 went to comprehend the basics of modern art in America.

Returning home after twelve years, Hay became a founding member of the Beijing "East Village" - the quarter of modern artists. It is interesting that until 2000 it was known not as an artist, but as a promoter of experimental creativity: Hay produced books and arranged various activities. During the Shanghai Biennale 2000, he became one of the organizers of the exhibition Fuck Off - the legendary extreme the show of Chinese art and later closed by police. "The show was an ugly, bloody, brutal and sickening, but not so far from reality - Ai Weiwei said in an interview with The Art Newspaper. - Reality in China for at least a million times worse. "

Among the exhibits Fuck Off were "provocative" working Aya, made in 1990. In one series of photographs the artist shows his middle finger symbol of state power, such as Tiananmen Square, the White House and the Reichstag. In another, he breaks the 2000-year-old Han vase. Irreverent, sometimes even cruel treatment of antiquities characteristic creativity Aya: well known, for example, his fantastic designs made from pieces of antique furniture and ancient temples. From the same series - vintage pottery, zakleymlennye logo of Coca-Cola or painted in cheerful "Warhol" colors. In these studies, Hay protests against the cult of history in the service of primitive nationalism. You can also interpret his actions as a statement on the subject of capitalist construction boom, killing not only historical monuments but also established the local community.

Hardly expect that any Chinese museum in the near future, agreed to host the exhibition Aya Weiwei. But his privechayut foreign institutions: in the past year, major exhibitions of artworks held in Munich, and Tokyo (Mori Art Museum), and this fall Hay deploy one of its installations in the Turbine Hall of London's Tate Modern gallery. Now one of his main occupation is to wage a "tweeter", which is read by tens of thousands of people. As the artist himself refers to his glory? According to Aya, go down in history, he is not seeking: "I want to be forgotten." The artist emphasizes that in his writings he speaks of bread, and hopes that someday his "message" will no longer be relevant.

Since our site is dedicated to investing in art, we can not ignore the issue of market reactions to product Aya Weiwei. His works are quite in demand by collectors: among collectors of his work - the largest collector of Chinese contemporary art and Guan (Guan Yi). At the recent Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong, his sculpture "table with two legs" brought 180 thousand dollars, exceeding the upper estimate in half. A record belongs to "Candelabra", sold in 2007 for 550 thousand
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1.Ay Weiwei.
(Chinese: 艾 未 未)

2.Ay Weiwei (艾 未 未) with Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron on the background of the Olympic Stadium "Bird's Nest" (Beijing).

3.Installyatsiya artist Ai Wei-Wei in the exhibition So sorry.

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Wife of artist Lu Qing told reporters that his house was searched , which resulted in the confiscation of computers and money . According to his wife Ai Weiwei , a search involving more than 40 police officers .
" I 'm still waiting for the news - said Lu Qing . - While authorities did not give me any information about the fate of Ai Weiwei . " He had a premonition that his arrest "- added her husband.

She also reported that health is concerned the artist, because he suffers from multiple illnesses and are constantly in need of medication .
As the correspondent of BBC in Beijing, Joe Floto , a new investigation into the Ai Weiwei may indicate that official Beijing would like to present it as a common criminal , not political dissident.
On Wednesday, Chinese state newspaper The Global Times described the artist as a drifter , whose work is questionable from the standpoint of the law .

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A few days before his arrest at the Beijing airport, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (艾 未 未) criticized the Chinese authorities made arrests of human rights in China. In recent years, in prison, put more people "just because they have something written in Twitter, or in one of the blogs on the Internet », Hay said in an interview Süddeutschen Zeitung, published on Tuesday, April 5.
Police burst into the flat and fabricated evidence to the court. «They are innocent people being sentenced to 10 years in prison», - says Hay. Five days later, after he gave this interview, he was arrested at the airport in Beijing, when he was about to fly to Hong Kong. Since that time it is not known. Against the actions of Chinese officials protested the U.S. policy known and Germany.

In October it planned to hold the first exhibition of his works in Taiwan. The Chinese government believes that Taiwan is part of China, so it would be his first exhibition in China, said in an interview with Ai SZ. "Until now I was forbidden to exhibit in China. For the official China, I do not exist - explains Eye - if you ask my name in the Internet search engine, an error message. But on Twitter, which is reachable within China using techniques that I have 70 thousand followers. There, I comment on what is happening in the country, people to see that the fire was not completely extinguished. At least there is a spark. If she goes out, it will be very sad. "

About the recent opening of the German exhibition "The Art of Enlightenment" Hay said that she could not find a response in China. The country is experiencing "the era of darkness." The economy, living conditions are improving, while freedom of speech, freedom of artistic expression in China is in complete shambles.
"It's very interesting that the exhibition of the works of the Enlightenment is just now, - said the Ai on. - The situation in China is absolute crazy. If you give the name of this era, I would say that we live in an era of madness. "