Sunday 26 July 2009

Tokyo encounters (1)

....with art


Ai Weiwei, contemporary, controversial artist and architectural designer exhibits at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi Hills, on the 51st floor.






















Self-portrait. Ai Weiwei drops an ancient and precious vase without any apparent emotion,
to demonstrate a different view on values.

Born in Beijing in 1957, his father was Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was denounced during the Cultural Revolution and sent off to a labor camp with his wife, Gao Ying.

Ai Weiwei is married to artist Lu Qing.
From 1981 to 1993, Ai Weiwei lived in the United States, before returning to China.

The exhibition runs till the end of August in Roppongi Hills.

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