Throughout the course of his career, ai weiwei has directed over 20 films. Parallel with his practice in other art forms, ai weiwei is a documentary filmmaker, and just like his other work his films are an indignant defence of humanism. The fake case chronicles weiweis yearlong battle against the chinese government and a trumpedup taxevasion lawsuit dubbed the fake case. As a sequel to ai weiweis film lao ma ti hua, the film so sorry named after. In may 2014, the ullens center for contemporary art, a nonprofit art center. Ai weiwei 1957, china is a conceptual artist, political activist, philosopher, architect. Free ai weiwei is an information hub that started when the chinese artist and activist ai weiwei disappeared for 81 days in march 2011. Shepard fairey creates a tribute to ai weiwei with a new. Ai weiwei releases heavy metal music video this article is more than 6 years old chinese artist says single is a way of venting the trauma. Chinese artist ai weiweis lawyer sentenced to 12 years. The fake case recalls the same spirit that drove this is not a film, the inventive and deeply moving 2012 documentary iranian director jafar panahi shot while under house arrest in his highrise apartment. The frequent government critic says on his instagram.
Ai weiwei the fake case is a 20 documentary film about chinese artist and activist ai weiwei, directed by danish filmmaker andreas johnsen. She settled in china after a trip to beijing in 2006. Ai weiweis shockingly detailed remake of his life in a. The film won best 2014 documentary in danish film critics associations 67th bodil awards, played in the official selection of 2014 hot docs canadian international documentary festival in toronto and international documentary film festival amsterdam. Following his release, he faces a lawsuit filed by the chinese. New ai weiwei documentary champions the artist as a global activist. Both are about the urgent need to make art under constrained circumstances, and the creative lengths to which creative people will go to make their voices heard, no. Trolls world tour, like a boss and recommendations for easter and passover. Ai weiweis new film yours truly examines political oppression.
Ai weiwei comes off as a man on a singular mission. Lawyers acting for ai submitted an appeal against the fine in january 2012. Ai now works from a studio in berlin, though he continues to travel to china. The film premiered at the international film festival rotterdam on january 23, 2014. Ai weiwei proves that a life lived in silence is no life at all in andreas johnsens intimate new documentary. Ai weiwei debates with authorities when they raid his studio. It depicts chinese dissent artist ai weiwei in faireys signature style, and the. This week, the chinese government also announced plans to close down ai. Ious complete with speciallydesigned stamps and signatures as keenly as if. In 1978, ai enrolled in the beijing film academy and studied animation. He depicts a system that is almost the complete opposite of independent justice. Ai weiwei shocks with cinema for peace photo artnet news. The sentence for xia lin, artist ai weiweis onetime defence lawyer, has been reduced from 12 to 10 years following an appeal to a beijing court on friday morning.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ai weiwei. The film bounds from the cardboard cities of europe to the burning oilfields of. The fake case 20 in 2011, activist and conceptual artist ai weiwei is kidnapped and imprisoned by chinese authorities. Ai weiwei says chinese authorities demolished his studio.
Ai weiwei says the kickstarter for a scifi film deceived. He is the subject of the 2012 documentary film ai weiwei. Ai weiwei strongly believes that china is ready for change. Ai weiwei is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. The following is a partial list of works by chinese contemporary artist and activist ai weiwei. The film does not make its point through graphic depictions of torture or by rattling off statistics of people imprisoned or executed.
Chinese artist ai weiwei loses final appeal in tax case. Worldrenowned artist and activist ai weiwei is under house arrest and. Never sorry is the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaries of art and politics. The fake case may also be available with public performance rights ppr and digital site licensing dsl for colleges and universities. Ai weieis 2014 exhibition on alcatraz is readied, in a scene from ai weiwei. Rather, it emphasizes the human impact of persecution at an individual level. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Ai weiweis triumphant return in 2011, the controversial artist was detained in beijing and his passport was confiscated for four years by the chinese government.
Art world ai weiwei stages offensive and tasteless photo op at film gala in berlin. Check out this behind the scenes look at bad boys for life read more. To live 1994, his best film, never had the opportunity to screen in front of a chinese audience. The films cannot be shown in china, where, ai says, my name cannot be freely published or mentioned online and where the authorities have. Weiwei ai was born on august 28, 1957 in beijing, china.
I am very used to this kind of situation, he said, where the authorities do what they want. Beijing ap chinese artist ai weiwei says authorities have begun razing his beijing studio. A cultural figure of international renown, ai weiwei is an activist, architect, curator, filmmaker, and chinas most famous artist. About director alison klayman is an jewishamerican director and journalist. Ai weiwei calls out the creators of the sandstorm kickstarter, saying they used him to promote the film. While the installation is meant to be playful and appealing to a broad audience, ai weiweis notorious passion for. It is now a source for news about the artist and his work. Held in solitude for eightyone days against his will, worldfamous artist ai weiwei returns home under house arrest to face an onslaught of journalists, art world luminaries, and his family. Dissident artist ai weiweis latest documentary lambasts the illegality and illogic in.
The fake case 2014 including budget, domestic and international box office gross. Cnna lawyer for the renowned chinese artist and government critic ai weiwei was sentenced to 12 years jail on thursday, in a case his supporters say was politically motivated. Ai weiwei told cbs news beijing bureau that he was not allowed to travel to the u. Human flow, the debut feature from the chinese artist ai weiwei, is a bold documentary about the refugee crisis. Never sorry left off, ai weiwei the fake case is more explicitly political, reflecting ai s battle against the gigantic lawsuit thrust upon him by the. Ai weiweis appeal 2014 ai weiwei debates with authorities when they raid his studio. Open in his criticism of the chinese government, ai was famously detained for months in 2011, then released to house arrest. Like much of shepard faireys work, his newest piece takes a political stand. Vivos is a documentary feature film by artist and filmmaker ai weiwei, portraying the human impact of mexicos ongoing crisis of enforced disappearances. Ai weiweis censored films to go on show in berlin the art. Immersion 2018 good romance moives hd new lifetime movie based on a true story 2018 duration. Chinese artist ai weiweis installation of twelve bronze sculptures representing. Circle of animalszodiac heads cleveland museum of art.
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