Ai Weiwei

Reframe, Ai Weiwei

 Baptized "Ai Weiwei libero" ("Ai Weiwei free") his exhibition opened on September the 23rd , 2016 and continued until January the 22nd, 2018 in the prestigious Strozzi palace to which he hung lifeboats. He wants to show to people that those who fight for their freedom are the heroes of today and his job is to show them the respect that he has for them. The Chinese artist is in Florence to denounce by his way the calvary of migrants. Beyond the artistic gesture, a denunciation, a political claim. "If I have chosen Florence for this exhibition, it is also because Italy is the country that host better refugees, and it never rejects them as it is the case for other nations. I did not expect such criticism but that's fine, they have to make talk about us," said Ai Weiwei the provocative artist.

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So we see that many artists use art as a way of expression in order to give their opinion. In the present case by criticizing society or some of its decisions to show their disagreement. It is easy to notice that no matter the period, in the 20th century with Rockwell or in the 21st century with Ai Weiwei and Pavlenski the artists have always sought to challenge the power. These artists have all given of their person that they live in a dictatorship or a democracy because they have the same goal: to make the spectator react, to push him to question himself but we also see that without the help of the media (by example twitter or the press) some of these artists would still be in the shadows and their efforts would be useless and unknown to the public. So we can ask another question: is their message heard by the viewer? 
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