Today we are presenting a work by a Uyghur painter from a town called Changji who goes by the pseundonym Ali K. His work mainly focuses on the dreams of children and how they are shifting under global capitalism. Although he is clearly focused on Uyghur subjects – the school children at the middle school where he teaches — his themes are contemporary. His art seems to be a commentary on the contemporary world and the endless commodification of everything around us, and a meditation on what is going on in the minds of children at this moment when everything that had appeared solid is melting away. Even naan, a staple of the Uyghur diet for more than 1,000 years, is now being commodified and sold on Taobao.
Source: https://livingotherwise.com/reviews/uyghur-contemporary-art/