Let´s Unblock Ai Weiwei

Let´s Unblock Ai Weiwei

“If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

Ai Weiwei

By: Erreh Svaia

Art imitates life, but very often is life which ends up imitating art, life always finds a way to keep on going like an ever flowing stream, you can't stop life, not even Hiroshima, Chernobyl or Katrina could stop life, and like life, you can't stop art.

You can call whatever you want Mr. Ai Weiwei, the controversial and world famous Chinese artist and disident, once owner of a very well-known blog, shut down by the Chinese censorship board, but don't call him uncreative, because he has found a quite interesting way to solve his current troubles with Danish toy maker Lego, it seems that Weiwei will have the last laugh this time.

In the recent Democrat candidates’ debate, so called socialist Bernie Sanders named Denmark as a good example of how the U.S. should be managed, I hope Mr. Sanders didn't consider the Danish Lego company as exemplary, as they have recently got in trouble with Weiwei in what seems to be a case of corporate censorship and something else, given the fact that casually Lego is about to close the negotiations to open a thematic park in China.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been under harassment in his own country, his criticism against the communist party has put him in several troubles, even landing him in jail for a time and being denied permission to leave the country.

Ai Weiwei current project involves Lego blocks, and lots of it in order to create a large figure, ironically, the Danish native company manufacturer of such blocks, has denied direct involvement in Weiwei's project, even refusing to supply the famous blocks pretended to be bought by Weiwei, declaring a company policy to stay away from “politics”, ironically "blocking" Ai Weiwei creative venture, coming from a company that incentives creativity, is sad that Lego reacted that way, but sometimes money matter more than persons to some people.

But as you can't stop life, you can't stop art, and Ai Weiwei fans all over the world responded enthusiastically to Weiwei's demands, supplying the artist with tons of Lego blocks in order for him to go ahead with his project, power of the people and another corporative defeat, better think of other place as an example Mr. Sanders, congratulations Ai!