An Essay on Mr. Ai Weiwei

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Michael Wines, The Saturday Profile: China’s Impolitic Artist, Still
Waiting to Be Silenced. New York Times, Nov. 28, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/world/asia/28weiwei.html?scp=1&sq=weiwei&st=cse

Quote:

"'They [Chengdu police] kicked open the door. I said, "How do I know you are
the police?" They said, "I’ll show you," and punched me here.' Mr. Ai
pointed to the right side of his forehead. 'It was a very solid punch.'

"Mr. Ai called the government unimaginative, prevaricating, suspicious of
its own people and utterly focused on self-preservation. * * * 'There is
only one simple, clear task: to protect their control, to maintain their
governing. Which is such a pity.'

Note:
(a) Ai Weiwei, Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn. 1995.
http://www.mcaf.net/html/2-Events-Ai-weiwei-2004-Dropping-Han-urn.html

(b) To prevaricate (vi): "to deviate from truth" www.m-w.com

(c) Mr. Ai's backpack project in Haus der Kunst, Germany.
http://www.art-ba-ba.com/blog/U/Show.asp?/_articleid/27861.html

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