Ocupation: Contemporary artist
Life: b. August 28, 1957
Birthday: August 28
Widespread state control over art and culture has left no room for freedom of expression in the country. For more than 60 years, anyone with a dissenting opinion has been suppressed. Chinese art is merely a product: it avoids any meaningful engagement. There is no larger context. Its only purpose is to charm viewers with its ambiguity.
source: "China's art world does not exist" by Ai Weiwei, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2012.
topic: Meaningful, Country, Art, Chinese Art, Art And Culture, Viewers