The art: a mix of China and the West; The man: a mix of iconoclasm and tradition, self-promotion and selflessness
Ai Weiwei collected the rebar from collapsed schoolhouses following the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province to create Straight.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Moon Chest 2008. Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario on August 14 2013Fred Lum
Map of China 2008. Tieli wood saved from demolished wood from temples of Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of OntarioFred Lum
Moon Chest 2008. Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of OntarioFred Lum
Grapes, 2010. Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of OntarioFred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Forever Bicycles, 2003. Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of OntarioFred Lum/The Globe and Mail
Kippe 2006. Tieli wood saved from demolished wood from temples of Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Media preview of the Ai Weiwei: According to What? exhibit at the Art Gallery of OntarioFred Lum