Berlin, April 19 (EFE) .- The gallery Neugerriemschneider open an exhibition in Berlin works by the artist Ai Weiwei, and Chinese dissident, to protest his arrest on April 3 in Beijing.
room makers said today that it will continue with the planned timetable for the opening of the exhibition on 29 April, although, contrary to what was announced, she can not attend the artist, whose whereabouts are unknown since his arrest.
"We are very concerned about the fate of Ai Weiwei, your family, friends and collaborators," said sources in the gallery.
Chinese activist, the most coveted current avant-garde artist of his country, was arrested while preparing to travel to Hong Kong and since then there has been no news of his whereabouts.
His arrest came days after German media that disseminate the news that he intended to open a studio in Berlin to coincide with the opening of an exhibition in Beijing in collaboration between the National Museum of China's capital and four major Germanic Museum.
The German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, who presided over the opening of the exhibit, has repeatedly called on the Chinese authorities for his release.
also have joined calls for release of Ai prominent representatives of the German cultural sphere.
According to the weekly "Der Spiegel", German Chancellor Angela Merkel has personally interceded with the Chinese authorities for the artist.
Last weekend, several Germanic cities participated in a symbolic act of solidarity with the artist, consisting of sitting at Chinese embassies and consulates in silence and posters related to Ai situation.
action titled "1,001 seats by Ai Weiwei," referring to the contribution of artists in Documenta in 2007, which moved to live to 1,001 Chinese in the German city of Kassel the hundred-day of that art fair five years. EFE
Source: http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=789345
room makers said today that it will continue with the planned timetable for the opening of the exhibition on 29 April, although, contrary to what was announced, she can not attend the artist, whose whereabouts are unknown since his arrest.
"We are very concerned about the fate of Ai Weiwei, your family, friends and collaborators," said sources in the gallery.
Chinese activist, the most coveted current avant-garde artist of his country, was arrested while preparing to travel to Hong Kong and since then there has been no news of his whereabouts.
His arrest came days after German media that disseminate the news that he intended to open a studio in Berlin to coincide with the opening of an exhibition in Beijing in collaboration between the National Museum of China's capital and four major Germanic Museum.
The German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, who presided over the opening of the exhibit, has repeatedly called on the Chinese authorities for his release.
also have joined calls for release of Ai prominent representatives of the German cultural sphere.
According to the weekly "Der Spiegel", German Chancellor Angela Merkel has personally interceded with the Chinese authorities for the artist.
Last weekend, several Germanic cities participated in a symbolic act of solidarity with the artist, consisting of sitting at Chinese embassies and consulates in silence and posters related to Ai situation.
action titled "1,001 seats by Ai Weiwei," referring to the contribution of artists in Documenta in 2007, which moved to live to 1,001 Chinese in the German city of Kassel the hundred-day of that art fair five years. EFE
Source: http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=789345
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