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Help me make sense of the artist Ai Wei Wei. (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by HexaSnoot@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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He made the Birds Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing so he'll be brought up forever.

I was introduced to his work as a kid and people seem to always mention him and his work just to say "China bad." Everytime I try to listen to why it just sounds like grey unlistenable sludge. Partially because I don't know much about history in general so I don't know what the mentioned parts of Chinese history are about. My final reason to give up is because I know much/all of what I hear is probably whitewashed propaganda. If he indeed has good criticism, I don't trust Western media to not twist his words out of their original meaning.

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[–] oregoncom@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ai Wei Wei destroyed a 2000 year old artefact for backpats from some whites. CPC should've executed him. CPC has an issue of being soft on xenophile compradors.

[–] Dr_Gabriel_Aby@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

I think that’s probably an extreme reaction, they let him design their Olympic stadium after that event so they didn’t really care at all.

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago

Ai Wei Wei destroyed a 2000 year old artefact for backpats from some whites.

Including some people here on hexbear dot net if I remember correctly.