Ahmad Shamlou The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill. — Ai Weiwei They cough at soot of hell’s belchlong before others smell smoke. They hear change in morning notes;doves flutter away, ravens…
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London: “Ai Weiwei: Making Sense” — Fat Geisha
“Ai Weiwei: Making Sense” is a design-focused exhibition at the London Design Museum opening on April 7. It features broken ceramics and historic relics from the Song dynasty, as well as fragments of the artist’s own sculptures destroyed in 2018. The show encourages viewers to make sense of these objects and question what they value,… London:…
POPO 2021 Day 12
Mute witness past shatters to open our cages.
Sculpture Saturday #53 — Iron Tree by Ai Weiwei
This is a new challenge for me. Susan Kelly hosts Sculpture Saturday. Meijer Garden and Sculpture Park is full of sculpture. My favorite sculpture there, by one of my favorite big artists, is Iron Tree by Ai Weiwei. Learn more about Iron Tree here.
Ai Weiwei — prison is a state of mind
I was just looking at a google feature I didn’t know existed until now, Google Art and Culture. When I saw Ai Weiwei’s name I immediately had to check it out. The photo was taken at Alcatraz, the island prison off of the coast of CA. If you click on the title, it will take…
Winter at Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park — Part 1 of 3 — outside
You may have been wondering where I was today. Instead of signing in, I brewed a pot of coffee, took a quick bath, then headed over to Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. Younger son and his wife bought me a membership for Christmas. I chose today to go for a few reasons. One is I’M…
K’un, the great fish
Ellen Goodman interview of Ai Weiwei, including early life and going up to the present: Exhibition now showing in L.A.: Exhibition now showing in L.A. 9/27/18 L.A. Times article on Ai Weiwei’s exhibition now showing in L.A. Ai Weiwei drifting – art, awareness and the refugee crisis | DW Documentary: K’un, languidly…
Tao Talk 