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In the website http://www.pbs.org/art21 there are many artists each with their own individual styles. Out of the many artists that are shown "Ai Weiwei" was the artist that caught my attention. I have heard about "Ai" during the time of his arrest in china for being an outspoken human rights activist. Once released, he was prohibited from traveling abroad, engaging in public speech, and was subjected to continued government surveillance. he infuses his sculptures, photographs, and public artworks with political conviction and personal poetry. "Ai" often makes use of recognizable and historic Chinese art forms and a host of contemporary Chinese political and social issues in his art to get his point across. 

  Because he is limited on what he can say because of his government he uses his art works to get his point across to the public. they are many art works that i liked one of them called "Study of Perspective - Tiananmen" (1995-2003), this is a photo-shot taken by Ai of the Chinese government building while he points (for lack of a better word) a "provocative" symbol at them. Aka sticks the middle out at the building. I like this piece a lot because Ai speaks his mind, even though there might be consequences he still strives to get his point across.

Although like I said before I find most of Ai work very good one of them that didn’t really catch my attention is called “Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads” (2010). There is really much one can say about this piece honesty, in my opinion it’s just a couple of the zodiac signs sculpted in bronze. For that reason, I don’t find anything appealing in this piece.

Hence, Ai Weiwei’s art can be controversial but he does it with the intention of helping the public by exposing “truths” about his government. As with all artists his work may be loved by some and hated by others. Personally I think his art is very well put and has its own uniqueness