“We’ve been getting a tree a day,” quipped John Tancock, the guest-curator of “Ai Weiwei: Trees and Cubes,” which opens today. The most shocking thing has always been the fact that it’s a very different world. Ai Weiwei has come to town — and he’s brought his “Trees” (and “Cubes”) with him. I think artworks need to be challenged by very different human conditions that’s an interesting part of our work. I’ll use it not only for my feature film but for writing a book or compiling images for an exhibition.

Source: New York Times June 17, 2016 16:41 UTC