ai weiwei hospitalized after beating by chinese police
artasiapacific nov/dec 2009 p 33
By Katherine Grube
On September 21, Ai Weiwei left Munich University Hospital, where he had received treatment for a brain hemorrhage. He entered the hospital on September 14, and underwent emergency surgery that night after his condition rapidly deteriorated. Photographic documentation of Ai’s hospitalization ensued, first posted on his Twitter feed and later circulated through online art-world news aggregators. Images of the surgeon, Jörg-Christian Tonn, a camel park near the hospital and an Oktoberfest beer maiden commingle with post-op shots of three thick braids of stitches on Ai’s shaved head—small amusements gesturing to an absurd and unpleasant reality.
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