Ai Weiwei is one of the most famous and controversial contemporary artist in China nowadays. He is highly critical towards Chinese government’s standpoint towards human rights. In this picture, he drops down this “valuable” vase to warn people about cultural relic protection. The thing that Aiweiwei broke was not only a vase, but also thoughts and the courage to speak out.
On a related note, this article on Ai WeiWei came out today regarding his most recent work of posing in the same position of the iconic image of the dead refugee toddler on a shoreline.
http://conversations.e-flux.com/t/for-photo-op-ai-weiwei-poses-as-dead-refugee-toddler-from-iconic-image/3169
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