人物肖像
Stefen Chow
馬來西亞，for Smithsonian magazine
人物肖像 單幅 第二名
中國藝術家與異議分子艾未未活躍於多種創作媒介，包括雕塑、裝置、建築、攝影與電影。他時常強烈批評中國政府的民主與人權紀錄，也透過調查政府的貪腐與掩飾行為表達不滿。2011年時，艾未未遭到中國當局扣留並控以逃稅的罪名。他入獄服刑，後來又被軟禁於家中，而且須得到政府許可才能離開北京。艾未未在2012年5月獲選為美國人權基金會首屆「哈維爾創意異議人士獎」的得獎者。
（譯註：該獎為紀念歐洲的民主人權鬥士瓦茨拉夫•哈維爾所設，他是捷克的作家與劇作家，曾領導歐洲的「天鵝絨革命」，後來成為捷克斯洛伐克結束共產制度後的第一位總統，已於2011年底逝世。）
Stefen Chow
Malaysia, for Smithsonian magazine
2 nd Prize Staged Portraits Singles
Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is active across a number of media, including sculpture, installation, architecture, photography and film. He is highly vocal in his criticism of the Chinese government’s record on democracy and human rights, and in his investigations of corruption and cover-up. In 2011, Ai was detained by the authorities, accused of tax evasion. He spent time in jail and under house arrest, and he cannot travel without government permission. In May, Ai was a recipient of the inaugural Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent, awarded by the Human Rights Foundation.
