Ai Weiwei Carpet

In october 2010 ai weiwei unveiled his latest work a carpet of 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds at the tate modern gallery in london.

Ai weiwei carpet. Ai weiwei born 28 august 1957 in beijing is a chinese contemporary artist and activist. Ai weiwei s sunflower seeds at the tate modern photo by dean nicholas londonist ai weiwei. 1 2 million tiny lego bricks carpet the floor. The room which is almost 1 150 square feet and.

An unprecedented exhibit on the rock by chinese artist ai weiwei focuses on freedom of expression and political prisoners around the world. The seed carpet is visually stunning but beyond its striking appearance the installation has a. Monday s best photos employees of spa bark dog grooming attend to dogs at their store in moonee ponds melbourne australia. Ai weiwei s provocative art has gotten him harassed by police thrown in detention and driven out of china.

Ai collaborated with swiss architects herzog de meuron as the artistic consultant on the beijing national stadium for the 2008 olympics. See more ideas about ai weiwei wei wei chinese artists. 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds carpet the floor of a giant atrium in london. Chinese artist ai weiwei is to carpet the floor of the imperial war museum s atrium with hundreds of square feet of material decorated with bombs.

Jun 2 2019 explore victoria l outerbridge s board ai weiwei followed by 3818 people on pinterest. 07 oct 2015 explora el tablero ai weiwei de jesusalmeriense que 107377 personas siguen en pinterest. From the hundred million hand painted porcelain sunflower seeds he used to carpet the turbine hall in tate modern to the beautiful forever bicycles sculpture and now his new documentary omni ai weiwei is renowned for making strong aesthetic statements that encourage broader dialogue on contemporary social cultural and political issues.