Artists Addressing Political Questions

Given China’s political system, the connection between art and politics is inevitable. Unlike the official political art that preceded it, contemporary artists implicitly treat political issues in their subject matter and the interpretation of their works. Because contemporary art offers possibilities and diversity of techniques, artists are always able to use historical documents and indirect means to express their themes in order to avoid official scrutiny of the directness of artistic language. Ai Weiwei is an artist who is constantly facing challenges as his art confronts politics.