In the documentary “Never Sorry (Klayman Alison, dir.) Ai Weiwei is described as a lover of culture but an artist who breaks the societal norms crossing the line in what government deems controversial and outlandish. Ai Weiwei a Chinese contemporary artist and activist who brings creative line crossing ideas of work to spark conversation on controversial governmental decisions, political climate, and the over powerful government. Age fifty-nine (59) born May 18, 1957 in Beijing, China – his father Ai Qing a famous poet who really shaped the creative opinionated artist many have come to loved today (Ai Weiwei).
Within chapters 9 & 10 the common factor of both chapters were government officials, kings and queens of parliaments, rulers of nations, and revolutionary war heroes. Paintings, pictures, sculptures, and other forms of art depictions addresses the sustainability around a political and social activist theme discussed both in the books chapters and DVD. The social confinement implemented by corrupt government, parliament, and rulers; are often depicted as a way of depression …show more content…
Ai Weiwei’s take on the large hall was simple and complex, poetic and disturbing at the same time: He filled the turbine Hall with a thick layer of sunflower seeds handcrafted in porcelain, with a total of 100 million seeds, weighing 150 tons. It’s not the handcrafted portion of this artwork that excites me it’s the theological message behind the millions of seeds. They display us as people, millions – billions of people on this planet, the sunflower project was very effective. 100 million seeds is a representation that each and every seed is its own person. You cannot duplicate or categorize people to call them the same when all people are different; individuals with similarities, but different empirical
Within chapters 9 & 10 the common factor of both chapters were government officials, kings and queens of parliaments, rulers of nations, and revolutionary war heroes. Paintings, pictures, sculptures, and other forms of art depictions addresses the sustainability around a political and social activist theme discussed both in the books chapters and DVD. The social confinement implemented by corrupt government, parliament, and rulers; are often depicted as a way of depression …show more content…
Ai Weiwei’s take on the large hall was simple and complex, poetic and disturbing at the same time: He filled the turbine Hall with a thick layer of sunflower seeds handcrafted in porcelain, with a total of 100 million seeds, weighing 150 tons. It’s not the handcrafted portion of this artwork that excites me it’s the theological message behind the millions of seeds. They display us as people, millions – billions of people on this planet, the sunflower project was very effective. 100 million seeds is a representation that each and every seed is its own person. You cannot duplicate or categorize people to call them the same when all people are different; individuals with similarities, but different empirical