** Ai Weiwei ( born 1957 ), Chinese artist, curator, architectural designer, cultural and social commentator, dissident, disappeared April 2011

Leading contemporary visual artists include Ai Weiwei, Cai Guoqiang, Cai Xin, Fang Lijun, Huang Yan, Huang Yong Ping, Kong Bai Ji, Lu Shengzhong, Ma Liuming, Ma Qingyun, Qiu Shihua, Song Dong, Li Wei, Christine Wang, Wang Guangyi, Wang Qingsong, Wenda Gu, Xu Bing, Yang Zhichao, Zhan Wang, Zheng Lianjie, Zhang Dali, Zhang Xiaogang, Zhang Huan, Zhu Yu, Yan Lei, Ma Kelu, Ding Fang, Shang Yang, Wei, Ligang ( modern calligraphist ), Yue Min Jun, Zheng Fan Zhi, Liu Fengzhi, and Zhang Yue.

Fuck Off was a notorious art exhibition which ran alongside the Shanghai Biennial Festival in 2000 and was curated by independent curator Feng Boyi and contemporary artist Ai Weiwei.

Contemporary artists exhibited have included Hai Bo and Ai Weiwei.

Exhibit curated by Ai Weiwei and Feng Boyi in Shanghai, 2000.

However, this piece did not even appear at the Fuck Off exhibit ; The night before the exhibition, Ai Weiwei collaborated with Zhu and the photographs were removed from the gallery.

And a local guru of sorts is artist / curator / architect Ai Weiwei ( 艾未未 ), whose self-designed house in Caochangdi just outside the factory complex was a trend-setter.

* 2012: Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron

File: Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012. jpg | The 2012 temporary pavilion by Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron

In 2011, he decided to cancel an exhibition at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing in " solidarity " with detained artist Ai Weiwei.

They acknowledge a debt to older performance artist and curator Ai Weiwei.

* Ai Weiwei

Change. org claimed that the fact that hackers ' felt the need to bring down the website must be seen as a testament to Change. org ’ s fast-growing success and a vindication of one particular petition: A Call for the Release of Ai Weiwei.

' Ai Weiwei was released on 22nd, June, 2011 from Beijing, which was deemed as a victory by Change. org of its online campaign and petition demanding Ai's release.

The wide industrial space has proven to be a worthy backdrop to modern art, with the famous turbine hall hosting artists including Olafur Eliasson, Rachel Whiteread and Ai Weiwei.

The exhibition was held in an Eastlink Gallery warehouse by Feng Boyi and the 43-year-old Ai Weiwei, and is revered by many young Chinese artists.

In an interview by Chin-Chin Yap, Ai Weiwei was asked if the actual exhibit of “ Fuck Off ” had a concept similar to the Black, White, and Gray Cover Books he published.

Description by Ai Weiwei and Feng Boyi in October, 2000:

Ai Weiwei is so concerned with Chinese history as a whole and the fact that people are not playing the proper role in learning about it or preserving it.

Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, Chen Lingyang, Chen Shaoxiong, Chen Yunquan, Ding Yi, Feng Weidong, Gu Dexin, He An, He Yunchang, Huang Lei, Huang Yan, Jin Lei, Li Wen, Li Zhiwang, Liang Yue, Liang Yue, Lin Yilin, Lu Chunsheng, Lu Qing, Meng Huang, Peng Yu, Peng Donghui, Qin Ga, Rong Rong, Song Dong, Sun Yuan, Wang Bing, Wang Yin, Wang Chuyu, Wang Xingwei, Wu Ershan, Xiao Yu, Xu Tan, Xu Zhen, Yang Yong, Yang Fudong, Yang Maoyuan, Zhang Zhenzhong, Yang Zhichao, Zhang Dali, Zhang Shengquan, Zheng Guogu, Zhu Ming, and Zhu Yu.

Among TRP prominent members are Emma Bonino, former Italian Member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Marco Pannella, former Italian Member of the European Parliament, Wei Jingsheng, President of the Chinese Overseas Coalition for Democracy, Enver Can, President of the Eastern Turkistan National Congress, Oumar Khambiev, Chechen Health Minister-elect ( 1997 ), Vo Van Ai, President of the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights, Quan Nguyen, President of the International Committee for the Nonviolent in Vietnam, Kok Ksor, President of the Montagnard Foundation, Vanida Tephsouvan, Executive Director of the Lao Movement of Human Rights, Arben Xaferi, Chairman of the Albanian Democratic Party of Macedonia, Pandeli Majko, Minister of Defense of Albania, Prof. Arnold S. Trebach, President International Antiprohibitionist League, and David Borden, Executive Director of DRCNet.

" Nearby Khirbet Nisya has also been suggested, by excavator David Livingstone, as an alternative location for Ai.

* 1991 " J ' Ai Peur ", as Sub System ( with Guy Rabiller )

* Ai no Kusabi Remake ( Guy )

Davenport and Raymond won Indian Wells, defeating Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama.

Beating Lindsay Davenport in the second round, Ai went on to defeat Eleni Danilidou to progress to the semifinals.

In April 2008 she successfully returned to the pro-tour winning in Amelia Island over Ai Sugiyama and top 10 player Daniela Hantuchová, before falling to Lindsay Davenport in the third round.

* Ai ( singer ) ( born 1981 ), Japanese R & B singer

* Onegai My Melody: Yū & Ai ( 2012 )

* Independent ( Ai album ), a 2012 album by Ai, a Japanese / American R & B musician

** Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones ( arrangers ) for " Ai No Corrida " performed by Quincy Jones

The architectural firms that worked on this project were Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates ( TVS ) and the Ai Group.

* Ai Lit / Holy ( with Eleni Sikelianos & Laird Hunt ), 2001.

** Jerry Hey & Quincy Jones for " Ai No Corrida " performed by Quincy Jones

* Onegai My Melody: Yū & Ai ( 2012 )— with Studio Comet

In 1999, " Love & Peace " was used as the theme song to Love and Peace, another drama that Matsuoka starred in, and " Ai no Arashi " was used as the theme song for Psychometrer Eiji 2.

In 2003, Japanese singer Ai released the R & B single " Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence ," which sampled the song.

* Ai Shite Knight ( or “ Night ”) ( 1983 – 1984 ) ( AKA Kiss Me Licia, Embrasse-moi Lucile, Rock & Roll Kids )

A 72-page art book, Princess Ai: Roses & Tattoos ( ISBN 978-1-59816-747-4 ), which included poetry by D. J.

Ai was the artistic consultant for design, collaborating with the Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron, for the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008 Summer Olympics, also known as the " Bird's Nest ".

* ' Ai no kane ga sekai ni hibikimasu youni ' ( 22 December 2004 )-Deen with Yuka Kamebuchi & The Voices of Japan

:" Kimi ni Aete " by Kawasumi Ayako & Kiyomi Ai ( Episodes 12 )

# BTA-1 Alert meets Ai Kuruma-Subaru Impreza WRX Prefecture Police Type & Policewoman

* Notes: Due to disbanding of T & C Bomber and graduation of some members shortly following the shuffle releases, 4th generation Morning Musume members Rika Ishikawa, Hitomi Yoshizawa, Ai Kago, and Nozomi Tsuji ( as well as soloist Yuki Maeda ) filled in as alternates during concerts and performances.

* Song & Style: " Kowarenai Ai ga Hoshii no " ( I Want An Unbreakable Love )-an R & B style song with Rika, Ai, Mai, and Masae doing the singing while Atsuko, Risa, and Mika do the raps.