Meeting Weiwei
I don’t generally find myself drawn to political art but then there’s Ai Weiwei. The scale, ambition, invention and social significance of Ai’s work make him for me the greatest of living artists. My attempt at any kind of ‘meeting’ can do little more than serve as slight reminders of just a few of his projects. At the same time I have been able to make the most direct connection of any of my artists so far by including some of his real porcelain sunflower seeds (now available on ebay) and painting some of them in the way he has painted ancient Chinese ceramics.