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    Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
    Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
    Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
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    Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

    By Barnaby Martin

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    The gripping story of post-Mao China and the harrowing fate of the artist and activist Ai Weiwei

    In October 2010, Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds appeared in the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern. In April 2011, he was arrested and held for more than two months in terrible conditions. The most famous living Chinese artist and activist, Weiwei is a figure of extraordinary talent, courage, and integrity. From the beginning of his career, he has spoken out against the world's most powerful totalitarian regime, in part by creating some of the most beautiful and mysterious artworks of our age, works which have touched millions around the world.

    Just after Ai Weiwei's release from illegal detention, Barnaby Martin flew to Beijing to interview him about his imprisonment and to learn more about what is really going on behind the scenes in the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party. Based on these interviews and Martin's own intimate connections with China, Hanging Man is an exploration of Weiwei's life, art, and activism and also a meditation on the creative process, and on the history of art in modern China. It is a rich picture of the man and his milieu, of what he is trying to communicate with his art, and of the growing campaign for democracy and accountability in China. It is a book about courage and hope found in the absence of freedom and justice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateSep 17, 2013
    ISBN9780374708436
    Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei
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    Barnaby Martin

    Barnaby Martin, author of Hanging Man, is a journalist who has written for The Daily Telegraph and has spent many years living in China. He has written novels, some of which were bestsellers, under a pen name.

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      Reading about the arrest and detention of Ai Weiwei makes me want to learn more about China.

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