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Humanity

by Weiwei Ai
Humanity - Thryft
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Thought-provoking insights on humanity and migration.

Recommendation: "Humanity" by Ai Weiwei is a must-read for anyone interested in the refugee crisis and the struggle for human rights worldwide. His diverse range of artistic expressions, coupled with his poignant thoughts and reflections on the topic, make for a powerful and insightful book. The book's unique feature is its ability to provide a voice for the voiceless, and the art that Ai Weiwei uses, serves as a bridge between countries and cultures. The book will leave you with a deep understanding of the displaced people's conditions and an appreciation for the resilience of the human spirit.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Humanity

by Weiwei Ai
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ISBN: 9780691181523
Authors: Weiwei Ai
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date of Publication: 2018-02-27
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Philosophy, Art, Politics
Goodreads rating: 4.04
(rated by 196 readers)

Description

Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) is widely known as an artist across media: sculpture, installation, photography, performance, and architecture. He is also one of the world's most important artist-activists and a powerful documentary filmmaker. His work and art call attention to attacks on democracy and free speech, abuses of human rights, and human displacement--often on an epic, international scale.This collection of quotations demonstrates the range of Ai Weiwei's thinking on humanity and mass migration, issues that have occupied him for decades. Selected from articles, interviews, and conversations, Ai Weiwei's words speak to the profound urgency of the global refugee crisis, the resilience and vulnerability of the human condition, and the role of art in providing a voice for the voiceless.Select quotations from the book:"This problem has such a long history, a human history. We are all refugees somehow, somewhere, and at some moment.""Allowing borders to determine your thinking is incompatible with the modern era.""Art is about aesthetics, about morals, about our beliefs in humanity. Without that there is simply no art.""I don't care what all people think. My work belongs to the people who have no voice."
 

Thought-provoking insights on humanity and migration.

Recommendation: "Humanity" by Ai Weiwei is a must-read for anyone interested in the refugee crisis and the struggle for human rights worldwide. His diverse range of artistic expressions, coupled with his poignant thoughts and reflections on the topic, make for a powerful and insightful book. The book's unique feature is its ability to provide a voice for the voiceless, and the art that Ai Weiwei uses, serves as a bridge between countries and cultures. The book will leave you with a deep understanding of the displaced people's conditions and an appreciation for the resilience of the human spirit.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.