Jon Wertheim speaks with Badiucao about mocking the Chinese regime, which has made it almost impossible for the artist to return to his homeland.
We're 40 days away from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, games that come wreathed in controversy. To many, China is a problematic host, given the country's human rights abuses and hard authoritarian turn. One of the loudest voices condemning China is not a voice at all, but rather, a hand. Since self-exiling from China in 2009, the artist known simply as Badiucao, has used his work to take on the country's leader Xi Jinping, specifically, and the regime more generally.
Badiucao: I wanna be an inspiring figure. I want my art to helping others to collecting courage and join me. But if I giving up this, then what does it say to the rest of them?Badiucao: I do think it has a very close relationship.Badiucao: Yeah. And that's the only way that you can do it.Jon Wertheim: What is it about your work that drives this regime crazy?
Badiucao: Exactly. If you are in the democratic society, I think politician will be thrilled if they can compare with Winnie the Pooh instead of some evil character. But we're talking about China. Zhou Fengsuo: It's important for the next generation to carry the torch on. And I see this hope in him. And he's so creative.Zhou Fengsuo: Yes. Definitely.
Badiucao: His mission seems, like, doomed. That he will never push the rock to the very top of the mountain. It's a bit like me when I'm creating artworks to challenge the Chinese regime. I don't know when it will be changed. Or I don't know if my work will change it at all. But even if that is a reality, does it mean my work has no meaning? I don't think so.
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