The love for the arts is clear for eveyone to see at Faurschou gallery in their exhibition of works by Ai Weiwei. I would not hesitate to recommend anyone to go and have a look for them selves.

9 things you might not know about Ai Weiwei

1: Ai Weiwei is the son of the Chinese poet Ai Qing. In 1958 when Ai Weiwei was 1 year old, the family was sent to work camp. From there they were sent exile in Xinjiang Province, where they were for 16 years until Mao’s death in 1976.

2: In the 80’s, Ai Weiwei lived in New York.

3: Ai Weiwei returned to China in 1993. His critical comments about the Chinese government have caused him several problems. In 2011, he was detained for three months without trial.

4: One of Ai Weiwei’s most famous works is called ‘Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn’ (1995) – he smashes an antique Chinese vase. In 2014, an unknown artist in Miami created a lot of attention by smashing an Ai Weiwei work. The question sounded: When is it acceptable to smash something of cultural value?

5: In 2010, Ai Weiwei created the work ‘Sunflower Seeds’ for the Tate Museum in London. The work consisted of 100,000,000 hand-painted sunflower seeds made of porcelain. It took 1600 workers at a porcelain factory for 2½ years to paint the cores.

6: In 2011, Ai Weiwei was appointed the world’s most influential artist.

7: Same Year – 2011 – You could see a series of works and films in a big Ai Weiwei Exhibition at the Louisiana Art Museum.

8: Ai Weiwei has among other things made his own version of Gangnam Style, recorded heavy metal albums and is a very capable blackjack player.

9: At Sina Weibo – the Chinese response to Twitter – the keyword Ai Weiwei is forbidden.

Når man sidder i København og anstrenger sig for at finde et virkeligt problem i et liv der stort set kun har givet gode oplevelser, og som konstant har haft en umistelig trykhed. Ja så er det svært at forholde sig til den virkelighed som andre menesker lever i, og det kan virke som om at denne enorme rigdom på mange måder nærmest er et fængsel, fordi vi er så bange for at der skal komme nogen og tage af vores enorme overflod.

Det er så grotesk at vi taler om hvor mange flygtninge vi kan tage, for det er på intet tidspunkt på tale at tage så mange at de reelt vil betyde noget for den enkelte europærer.

Det er uforståeligt at vi skal være mere berørt af billederne af druknede flygtninge som har betalt tusindvis af kroner til kriminelle smuglere, frem for at vi tænker på de mange milioner i flygtninge lejrene som dør af sygdom hver dag.

Hvis vi vil noget med vores meneskelighed så burde vi selv tage ned til flygtningelejrene og hende de menesker til Danmark som vi er klar til at tage imod på en værdig måde, og så skal vi afvise alle der kommer hertil via meneskesmuglere, for kun når der ikke længere er mulighed for at komme ind via den vej vil vi kunne rede flygtningene fra at drukne.