The Indicator: But What Does It Mean?

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Ai Weiwei is a complicated individual living in complicated times. But he’s an artist so this goes without saying. He’s constantly challenging the status quo and seems to thrive on it. But for him there may be no other way of being human, given the role he has accepted as an artist.

For many artists, it is this way. Regardless of nationality, art is about getting into trouble, not about sitting safely in one’s designer loft. Notice how artists flock together whenever they move into rough industrial neighborhoods. Many people like to think of themselves as artists. It’s easy to adopt this pose. Very few, however, actually take risks either in their work or to produce it. Ai Weiwei risks everything for his work.

More after the break.

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Cite: Guy Horton. "The Indicator: But What Does It Mean?" 12 Nov 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/88865/the-indicator-but-what-does-it-mean> ISSN 0719-8884

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