‘Ninety percent of the history you learned is nonsense’: Ai Weiwei on blending political reality with counterfeit art in his new show, 'The Liberty of Doubt':
that there are vast differences between the notions of truth in the Western world, which adheres to a standard of absolute truth, and that found in Chinese philosophy, which has a more fluid concept of truth. Explaining such differences to a Western audience has always been a challenge to him.“What you see in front of you may not be true, and what appears to be unreal may not be false.
“We only see fragments [of reality] because they are easier to grasp. The complete truth can often be too emotional, with too many conflicts,” he said. “The way we look at history is even more fragmented. Ninety percent of the history you learned at university is nonsense.” That theme of challenging how we tell history permeates a number of Ai Weiwei’s recent projects, in different ways. It is present in his online initiative to raise awareness for the case of the jailed WikiLeaks founder
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