Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai grew up in the far north-west of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly critical of the Chinese Government's stance on democracy and human rights. He investigated government corruption and cover-ups, in particular the Sichuan schools corruption scandal following the collapse of schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. In 2011, Ai Weiwei was arrested at Beijing Capital International Airport on 3 April, for allegedly economic crimes. He was detained for 81 days without charge. Ai Weiwei emerged as a vital instigator in Chinese cultural development, an architect of Chinese modernism, and one of the nation's most vocal political commentators. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs and public works. In doing this, he makes use of Chinese art forms to display the Chinese political and social issues. After being allowed to leave China in 2015, he has lived in Berlin, Germany, and, since 2019, in Cambridge, UK, with his family, working and traveling internationally.
Fotos
Películas (67)
Ai Weiwei: Sewing a Button
2026 · Self, Director
ALLEN & AI
2026
Ai Weiwei's Turandot
2025 · Self
Animality
2025 · Director, Producer, Writer
8507days
2025 · Director
The Trainer
2024 · Ai Weiwei
Free to Create - Artists in Exile
2024 · Himself
A Clockwork Orange: The Prophecy
2024 · Self
Rohingya
2022 · Director, Producer
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War
2022
Ithaka
2022 · Self
Opera di Roma: Turandot
2022 · Director
Cockroach
2020 · Director, Producer
CoroNation
2020 · Producer, Director
Vivos
2020 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Vincent van Gogh Superstar
2019 · Self
Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
2019
Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly
2019 · Self
The Rest
2019 · Producer, Director
Ximei
2019 · Executive Producer
Why Are We Creative?
2018 · Self
Shouting Out
2018 · Director
Ai Weiwei en Buenos Aires
2018 · Himself
Human Flow
2017 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography
The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg
2017
Ai Weiwei Drifting
2017 · Self
江天勇律师
2017 · Director
Heaven and Earth
2016 · Director, Producer
Fukushima Art Project
2015 · Director
Straight
2015 · Director
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014 · Self
Ai Weiwei - Evidence
2014 · Himself
The Sand Storm
2014
You Know What I Mean
2014 · Director, Producer
Ai Weiwei's Appeal ¥15,220,910.50
2014 · Self, Producer, Director
Play of the Play
2014 · Director
Stay Home
2013 · Director, Producer
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case
2013
Wenchuan Rebar
2013 · Director
Ping'an Yueqing
2013 · Producer, Director
Remembrance
2012 · Director
4851
2012 · Director
Discard the Old Path of Closed Doors and Rigidity and Reject Evil Attempts to Change the Party's Banner
2012 · Director
The Mala Desert
2012 · Producer, Director
The Crab House
2012 · Director, Producer
KUN 13: Criticizing Ai Weiwei and Wu Haohao
2012 · Himself
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
2012 · Self - Artist, Thanks
Ordos 100
2012 · Producer, Director
So Sorry
2012 · Director, Producer
Chang'an Boulevard
2012 · Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Director
Beijing: The Second Ring
2012 · Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Director
Beijing: The Third Ring
2012 · Producer, Cinematography, Director, Editor
Hormone
2011
Who's Afraid of Ai Wei Wei?
2011
Flower Good Moon Round
2011 · Director
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010
Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds
2010 · Himself
Jingmei Wang
2010 · Director
Sanhua
2010 · Producer, Director
A Beautiful Life
2010 · Director
One Recluse
2010 · Cinematography, Editor, Producer, Director
Disturbing the Peace
2009 · Self, Producer, Director
Little Girl's Cheeks
2009 · Director, Producer
冯正虎回家
2009 · Director
Fairytale
2007 · Producer, Editor, Director
Beijing 2003
2004 · Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Director
Eat, Drink and Be Merry
2003 · Self, Director, Producer
