Ai Weiwei knows all about creative freedom, because he's been denied it for so long. As a child he and his family were sent to a Communist labour camp for re-education. His father, poet Ai Qing had offended the authorities and his whole family were forced to face the consequences. In the 70s Weiwei trained at the Beijing Film Academy before moving to New York for over a decade. There he was exposed to the power of a culture that allowed its artists free reign over what they chose to explore and ...
Ai Weiwei knows all about creative freedom, because he's been denied it for so long. As a child he and his family were sent to a Communist labour camp for re-education. His father, poet Ai Qing had offended the authorities and his whole family were forced to face the consequences. In the 70s Weiwei trained at the Beijing Film Academy before moving to New York for over a decade. There he was exposed to the power of a culture that allowed its artists free reign over what they chose to explore and ...
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