Writings on human life and the refugee crisis by the most important political artist of our time

Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is widely known as an artist across media: sculpture, installation, photography, performance, and architecture. He is also one of the world''s most important artist-activists and a powerful documentary filmmakerHis work and art call attention to attacks on democracy and free speech, abuses of human rights, and human displacement--often on an epic, international scale.

This collection of quotations demonstrates the range of Ai Weiwei''s thinking on humanity and mass migration, issues that have occupied him for decadesSelected from articles, interviews, and conversations, Ai Weiwei''s words speak to the profound urgency of the global refugee crisis, the resilience and vulnerability of the human condition, and the role of art in providing a voice for the voiceless.

Select quotations from the book:

"This problem has such a long history, a human historyWe are all refugees somehow, somewhere, and at some moment."

"Allowing borders to determine your thinking is incompatible with the modern era."

"Art is about aesthetics, about morals, about our beliefs in humanity. Without that there is simply no art."

"I don''t care what all people thinkMy work belongs to the people who have no voice."

Format Inbunden Omfång 168 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Princeton University Press Utgivningsdatum 2018-04-24 ISBN 9780691181523