Ai Weiwei Biography

Every day as his every move is monitored in Beijing Ai Weiwei does not silently suffer the blows of being an enemy of the Communist Party. Ai has rechanneled his work and fame (he helped create Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium) into a bravura series of life-as-art moments that have made political defiance in China cool rather than just dangerous. After the government gave him a dubious $2.4 million tax bill his online followers paid $1.4 million of it and because not-for-profit donations are largely illegal in China Ai sent the donors IOUs which themselves became sought-after artworks. When the government set up surveillance cameras around his home he set up his own launching Weiweicam.com. I have a voice he says and I have a lot to say before going to my grave.
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