tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816482627907645935.post5683837738084558986..comments2024-01-14T08:59:25.793-05:00Comments on ArtSmartTalk: The News from ChinaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816482627907645935.post-30557069149351374142011-04-12T09:09:10.421-04:002011-04-12T09:09:10.421-04:00His reason for not wanting to be identified with t...His reason for not wanting to be identified with the Bird's Nest is that he doesn't want to be associated with glorifying China - from what I understand he felt that the Olympics was all about making China look good and he feels that is a false representationMarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369376007313561416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816482627907645935.post-75108495838582019282011-04-07T15:30:32.554-04:002011-04-07T15:30:32.554-04:00Very interesting and instructive commentary. It s...Very interesting and instructive commentary. It strikes me that so many of these star artists coming out of China (including Ai Weiwei) are the children of relative privilege. I give many of them credit for making productive and (in the case of Ai Weiwei) courageous use of that (sometimes) secure position.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3816482627907645935.post-77710829138100885392011-04-06T15:43:29.213-04:002011-04-06T15:43:29.213-04:00Fascinating to hear about Ai Weiwei. Why did he d...Fascinating to hear about Ai Weiwei. Why did he disown credit for the birds nest? What a scary world.bloggerjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12641971658505652751noreply@blogger.com