Called “The Biejing Andy Warhol,” named by ArtReview as the most powerful artist in the world, Ai Weiwei is China’s most celebrated contemporary artist, and its most outspoken domestic critic (every country needs a Ai WeiWei). In April 2011, when Ai disappeared into police custody for three months, he quickly became China’s most famous missing person.
“Superstar artist-activist Ai Weiwei remains elusive on film — until now. With incredible access, Alison Klayman presents a significant introduction in ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.’” -Peter Debruge, Variety
First-time director Alison Klayman gained unprecedented access to the
charismatic artist, as well as his family and others close to him, while
working as a journalist in Beijing. In the years she filmed, government
authorities shut down Ai’s blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built
studio, and held him in secret detention–while Time Magazine named him a
runner-up for 2011′s Person of the Year. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at
Sundance 2012, Klayman’s compelling documentary portrait is the inside story
of a passionate dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences
and blurs the boundaries of art and politics.
The documentary of Ai shows him as a Chinese Harlemite almost like The Beijing Diddy with all the swagger, independence and style needed to become a icon.
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