Description

Overview:

All art is political in the sense that all art takes place in the public arena and engages with an already existing ideology. Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, offers an important contemporary example. The news that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been detained by authorities has prompted significant concern. Ai Weiwei has ben arrested by the Chinese authorities.

Subject:

Arts and Humanities

Level:

Middle School, High School, Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Diagram/Illustration, Lecture

Author:

Beth Harris, Steven Zucker

Provider:

Khan Academy

Provider Set:

Smarthistory

Date Added:

11/07/2012