The artist Ai Weiwei -- photographer, architect, gambler, orchestrator of installations, organizer of happenings, troublemaker and tweeter -- is one of China's most outspoken dissidents. He has continually tested the bounds of free speech and in the Spring of 2011, Beijing officials took the dare. Since June, he has remained under virtual house arrest, forbidden from blogging, tweeting and giving interviews to the foreign press. That did not stop GQ's Wyatt Mason from trying to pay him a visit.
