{"id":2000,"date":"2012-10-21T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2012-10-21T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jett.in\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2012-10-21T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T22:30:11","slug":"instawalk-ai-weiwei-at-the-hirshhorn-aka-a-dissident-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2012\/10\/instawalk-ai-weiwei-at-the-hirshhorn-aka-a-dissident-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Instawalk: Ai Weiwei at the Hirshhorn (aka &#8220;A Dissident is Here&#8221;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>the main reason i came down to DC this weekend (as opposed to the normal NYC pilgrimage i make when i&#8217;m in Philadelphia for work) is because of the Ai Weiwei exhibit at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hirshhorn.si.edu\">Hirshhorn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hirshhorn.si.edu\/collection\/ai-weiwei-according-to-what\/\"><em>According to What<\/em><\/a>. to be honest, i&#8217;m not really a big connoisseur of his work (i know more about the politics[, sadly?]), but with all the publicity surrounding him lately, i thought i&#8217;d really be remiss if i didn&#8217;t see firsthand what he is all about (and i&#8217;m glad i did!).<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"The best sign of the Chinese Zodiac, IMHO * smug frown*  Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals\/Zodiac Heads by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8108744708\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8186\/8108744708_15c179a522_z.jpg\" alt=\"The best sign of the Chinese Zodiac, IMHO * smug frown*  Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals\/Zodiac Heads\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The best sign of the Chinese Zodiac, IMHO * smug frown*. &#8220;Circle of Animals\/Zodiac Heads&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Ai Weiwei's &quot;Forever&quot; by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8108755646\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8196\/8108755646_891a9d2de6_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwei's &quot;Forever&quot;\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Forever&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Detail of Ai Weiwei's &quot;Moon Chest&quot; by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8108779453\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8046\/8108779453_e02e30e00d_z.jpg\" alt=\"Detail of Ai Weiwei's &quot;Moon Chest&quot;\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of &#8220;Moon Chest&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Ai Weiwei's &quot;He Xie&quot; by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8108803507\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8184\/8108803507_f197475378_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwei's &quot;He Xie&quot;\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;He Xie&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a title=\"Ai Weiwei's &quot;Cube Light&quot; by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/8108828699\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8043\/8108828699_649e98f29e_z.jpg\" alt=\"Ai Weiwei's &quot;Cube Light&quot;\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Cube Light&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>p.s. it&#8217;s free (like all Smithsonian museums) and photos are allowed as long as you don&#8217;t use a flash!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the main reason i came down to DC this weekend (as opposed to the normal NYC pilgrimage i make when i&#8217;m in Philadelphia for work)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[46,74,1135,665],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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