Ai Weiwei, Art, and Rights in China

• Autores: Minky Worden
• Localización: Social research: An international quarterly of the social sciences, ISSN 0037-783X, Nº. 1, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: The fear of art), págs. 179-182
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In a memorable opening scene from the 2012 documentary film, "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," the famed artist's cat jumps from the floor onto a door handle to open a door. The "cat who can open the door" is a pretty good metaphor for Ai Weiwei himself-his art is very much like a magic doorway into contemporary China, and his political struggles have touched on many of the challenges of artists, writers and activists in China today.