Art, activism and the geopolitical imagination: Ai weiwei's ‘sunflower seeds’

Journal of Media Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-290

  Hancox, Simone ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activism; Ai Weiwei; Art; Geopolitical imagination; Globalization; Sunflower Seeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006582576     PISSN: 14682753     EISSN: 20400926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jmpr.12.3.279_1     Document Type: Article

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