Ai Weiwei is interviewed in the New York Times this week, as the artist prepares to open an exhibition at Deitch Projects, displaying the cast-off garments and shoes of migrant travelers.  “The migrants are there but they’re not there. These clothes are existing, something you can touch,” he says.  “I grew up in a similar condition. I would wear a shoe worn by my brother. It was often too big, but I would wear it. It’s better than no shoes. My father used his ties as a belt because he didn’t have a belt. When he was doing hard labor in the winter, he would open up the tie to wrap on his feet because he had no socks and they were so cold.”
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