Ai Weiwei (first posted 6 years ago)

The misconception of totalitarianism isthat freedom can be imprisoned.This is not the case.When you constrain freedom,freedom will take flightand land on a windowsill.— Ai Weiwei

dVerse — Poetics — Alchemy of Freedom

  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…

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:…

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…