China dissident artist Ai Weiwei to release rock album
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Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (front) dances with his friends as they make a cover version of music video Gangnam Style by South Korean singer Psy at the courtyard of Ai's studio in Beijing, October 24, 2012. Ai, whose oeuvre already spans genres from film to architecture, is taking on a new medium with plans for a hard rock album, he said on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, whose oeuvre already spans genres from film to architecture, is taking on a new medium with plans for a hard rock album, he said on Tuesday.
Ai's avant-garde works, which also include visual arts and sculpture, have been exhibited around the world, but he admitted his musical limitations.
He was not a long-standing hard rock fan and had no favourite bands, he said.
"My favourite band will be myself," he added. "I don't play instruments, I sing and I wrote the songs. It's about my condition and China's condition."
