Aiweiwei: Never Sorry

I cried a lot and was heartbroken when I was watching the documentary. As an educated Chinese citizen, I didn't know Chinese activists were subject to government abuse like that.

I saw a couple of his works before I watched the documentary. In one photo, he dropped a Chinese antique vase that was made in the Ming dynasty. He also painted some other precious antique vases with paint. These works did not leave me a good impression. I assumed he was trying to play to the gallery, like many eager artists. I did not see any alternative explanation for his destruction of antiques, and I did not get useful searching results from baidu, the popular Chinese search engine. I found out later that he and his work were censored by the government. His purpose of that art series is to bring into light the Chinese government destroying historical relics. Now I think about it, what an impressive way to let people be aware of the issue!

I love the way he has been expressing his anger: his middle finger pointing anywhere and write "FUCK" anywhere he feels like. When I first see the photo of him pointing his middle finger to the Tianan Men Square three years Now that I have watched the documentary, every time I saw his work, I felt the pain behind his anger.