I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
AI WEIWEII have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design.
AI WEIWEIWe have to give our opinion, we have to say something, or we are a part of it. As an artist I am forced to say something.
AI WEIWEIA small act is worth a million thoughts.
AI WEIWEI[Shanghai Biennale] has been my attitude for as long as I’ve been practicing art and other cultural-related activities.
AI WEIWEIDemocracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.
AI WEIWEIHe will still mean danger. Modern technology requires calm. You shouldn’t trust anyone with a car who has no knowledge about vehicles or roads.
AI WEIWEII think of art as coming from daily life, daily experience. I think it’s very important not to have it become work for some kind of elite circle.
AI WEIWEIMy angst and my insecurity reflect the state’s angst and insecurity. The state is scared too.
AI WEIWEII hope that my work expresses my worldview and encourages people to exchange ideas.
AI WEIWEII don’t think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn’t be nervous about that.
AI WEIWEIYou don’t have to march on Tiananmen, but you do have to be clear-minded, to find your own means of expression.
AI WEIWEIThe art always wins. Anything can happen to me, but the art will stay.
AI WEIWEIThey lack any ability to sense what is beautiful or what is proper. They can be learned and skillful, but they lack the ability to make their own free judgment. It is really sad to see young adults of 20, 25 years who were never taught to make their own decisions.
AI WEIWEIBy participating in the society we live in, we understand our conditions and the way we relate to the world.
AI WEIWEIIf human rights are supposed to have any meaning, then they have to be discussed openly.
AI WEIWEIArt should live in the heart of the people. Ordinary people should have the same ability to understand art as anybody else. I don’t think art is elite or mysterious.
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