Ai Weiwei, Han Dynasty vases and industrial paint, Lisson Gallery, London
photo by Török Viktória

It was the 7th of July when I arrived to London from the British countryside and decided to visit the Lisson Gallery first. On the way to the exhibition the exit of the Edgware Road tube station was full of people giving some leaflets away. That was the moment when I realised that it was the anniversary of the 7/7 bombings in London and the station where I was is one of the places where explosion happened...  It was raining but nobody cared – more and more people arrived to the station from the nearby streets. There were remembrance events across the city.
  Just to make it even more moving I was heading to see the works of Ai Weiwei who was arrested on the 3rd of April this year. Nobody knows what happened to him in those days until the 22nd of June when he was released as the Chinese Prime Minister was heading to Europe (starting with Hungary) and it was too much pressure on him regarding his case.

An artist who is celebrated worldwide but never had an exhibition in his own country...

Graffiti on the wall, next to the Lisson Gallery, London, photo by Török Viktória