Ai Weiwei is a generator, an initiator and a director of architecture’ | Essays | Architectural Review
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The self-taught architect is better known for his art, but Ai Weiwei’s architectural studio has developed a restrained style that speaks to the fundamentals – form, structure, proportion and light
Disciplinary distinctions for Ai Weiwei are not important. The current exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, simply called Ai Weiwei, focuses on Ai’s art. However, as soon as you enter the galleries, or perhaps the Annenberg courtyard, it becomes apparent that he is in equal measure an activist, a collector, a curator, a critic and an architect, as well as an artist. It is his sensibilities in all of these fields that shape his immense output of work across many mediums.