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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei wants to make sure we don’t forget about the Syrian refugee crisis, regardless of who is the US president.
He posted a second interpretation of the photo of drowned Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi on Instagram on Monday. The photo shows the artist lying on a bed of porcelain sunflower seeds.
Weiwei first recreated the photo in February 2016 on the actual beach where the Syrian toddler was discovered back in September 2015.
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It seems that he has chosen to recreate this image after Donald Trump visited the Israel Museum where his show, “Maybe, Maybe Not,” is on from June 2 to Aug. 30.
The artist says that the museum covered some of his works during the president’s address on May 23.
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According to The Art Newspaper, Ai Weiwei posted a video of Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a caption that read: “Trump’s visit to the Israel Museum. Behind the stage are my artworks, which were taken away and covered for his presence.”
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President Trump delivered an address at the museum in which he said, “We must build a coalition of partners who share the aim of stamping out extremists and violence, and providing our children a peaceful and hopeful future.”
He added that his administration would “always stand with Israel.”
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Weiwei is known for creating politically moving pieces and his latest documentary, “Human Flow,” focused on the refugee crisis.