Ai Weiwei's dissection of two national traumas in Mexico and China
For his exhibition at Mexico City's MUAC, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) addressed two national traumas: the destruction of cultural heritage during China's Communist Revolution and the murder of 43 students in Mexico. These are represented respectively by a Ming dynasty temple that the artist purchased and rebuilt, and a film and Lego portraits of the Mexican students.
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Published by RM/MUAC. Text by María Luisa Aguilar, Ai Weiwei, et al.
Ai Weiwei's dissection of two national traumas in Mexico and China
For his exhibition at Mexico City's MUAC, Ai Weiwei (born 1957) addressed two national traumas: the destruction of cultural heritage during China's Communist Revolution and the murder of 43 students in Mexico. These are represented respectively by a Ming dynasty temple that the artist purchased and rebuilt, and a film and Lego portraits of the Mexican students.
