Lee Ambrozy Knihy

Ai Weiwei opened his blog in 2006 and over the course of three years shared his views through comments on the Chinese social situation, strong criticisms of the government, reflections on art and architecture, and autobiographical writings. He commented on the terrible Sichuan earthquake (publishing a list of the children who died in the collapse of schools due to "public construction made of tofu scraps"), reminisced about Andy Warhol and the East Village art scene, and humorously recounted being accused of tax fraud by the Ministry of Public Security. Suddenly, in June 2009, the blog was blocked by Chinese authorities. This volume collects the writings and images published online by the artist, providing the most complete public documentation of the original blog in Chinese, a testament to the artist's passion, genius, arrogance, anger at injustices, and his vision of China.