Comments on: A Thousand Words For Ai Wei Wei https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/ Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:50:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 By: Ben Gage https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/#comment-8052 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:50:31 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=15883#comment-8052 Sometimes when Artists escape aesthetics, their ideas can be dangerous….

]]> By: Mark Sheerin https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/#comment-5702 Wed, 04 May 2011 10:25:42 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=15883#comment-5702 It is ironic that Facebook is banned in China whereas, as you point out, it is large corporations which may well come to threaten freedom of expression in the West in the same way as any Chinese leviathan. Thank you for making clear what is at stake in the current scenario.

]]> By: Tomas Martinec https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/#comment-5656 Tue, 03 May 2011 10:01:55 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=15883#comment-5656 Ai Weiwei is a victim of the Party which has no sense of art or irony.

]]> By: eric thomas https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/#comment-5467 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:43:03 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=15883#comment-5467 please see the work we are attempting on deviantart.com/anthrofairyology
Free China be Indecent/Where the fuck is wei wei?/China, hey hey where is wei wie… we are getting a lot of resistance from Chinese artists asking us to free up the site from anti government because it is one of the few sites they are able to log in on.

]]> By: Melany Terranova https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/#comment-5449 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:17:05 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=15883#comment-5449 Thank you Jonathan for your important article….I wonder how active or
passive artists will be in signing the million-signature petition.
Although we are enjoying freedoms the Chinese do not have, they are being
curtailed as our American democracy, as you point out, becomes increasingly
controlled by huge corporations. To my dismay, I see complacency instead
of outrage many times. (For example, nudes or political paintings are
not easily accepted into galleries where I currently live…and suggestions
of a “back room” for those who want to view them are dismissed)

The situation for Ai Wei Wei as well as our subtle censorships is alalrming…and the lack of push back makes me think, “Wow, where is the fight?”

Let’s see how many act to sign the petition on behalf of Ai Wei Wei!!

]]> By: debu https://artcritical.com/2011/04/27/a-thousand-words-for-ai-wei-wei/#comment-5433 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:24:35 +0000 https://artcritical.com/?p=15883#comment-5433 Sincere thanks to Jonathan Goodman for this insightful essay.

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