Ai Weiwei,
the recently jailed Chinese artist, has today released his parody of South
Korean pop hit "Gangnam Style".
The video
appears pretty low budget — the song hasn't been re-recorded and the video
mostly features Ai and his team dancing around — but the message behind the
song is pretty interesting.
Chinese
state media had recently been hand-wringing about the number of Chinese copies
of Gangnam Style, wondering if the country truly had what it took to actually
create its own worldwide hits. Of course, many observers have noted that a lot
of Ai's own art often relies on references to other artworks, yet he is
probably China's best known artists.
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