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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows : The story of two lives, one nation, and a century of art under tyranny
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'Engrossing... A remarkable story' - Sunday Times
Through the sweeping, extraordinary story of own and his father's lives, Ai Weiwei tells an epic tale of China over the last 100 years
This candid biography looks at the major moments of AiWeiwei's life including the banishment of his father, a leading poet, to a labour camp in the late 1950s, and tales of life as a student in the United States during the 1980s. During his time in New York, Ai shared a loft with the performance artist Tehching Hsieh who spent a year tied to fellow artist Linda Montano with an eight-foot rope. The second half of the memoir documents in detail Ai's experience in April 2011 at the hands of the Chinese authorities when he was placed under house arrest and spent 11 weeks in a government building outside Beijing. There are also plenty of insights into how Ai makes and creates.
1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows is a story of exceptional creativity and passionate political beliefs, and a timely reminder of the urgent need to protect freedom of expression
Author: Ai Weiwei