Chinese artist recreates photo of Alan Kurdi by lying face-down on a pebbled beach on the Greek island of Lesbos as part of a series of projects engaging with the refugee crisis Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the image of drowned infant Alan Kurdi that in 2015 became the defining symbol of the plight of Syria’s refugees. For the recreation, Ai lay on a pebbled beach on the Greek island of Lesbos. His pose was similar to that of Kurdi’s lifeless body, which washed up on a beach near the Turkish town of Bodrum and was captured in a September 2015 photo. Continue reading...
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