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Ai Weiwei Wraps 14,000 Refugee Life Jackets Around Berlin Landmark
A new installation by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei makes use of thousands of life vests collected from Syrian refugees entering Europe via the Greek island of Lesbos. Unveiled on February 14, 2016, the display features over 14,000 orange vests wrapped around the pillars of Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and a lifeboat dangling in the centre of the columns that reads “#safepassage.” The striking public demonstration aims to highlight the continued suffering of asylum seekers as they desperately try t...
Art-fair musical chairs
Field, by Ai Weiwei. Ming Dynasty- patterned Chinese ceramic structure in front of Art 41 Basel’s entrance
Lessons From an Artist
Ai Weiwei Neolithic vase (5000-3000 BC) with the Coca-Cola logo painted.
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Fountain of Light (2007), Ai Weiwei. Art Experience:NYC http://www.artexperiencenyc.com/social_login
The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds – Exhibition at Tate Modern | Tate
The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds 2010 the interior of the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern with Ai Weiwei's installation of sunflower seeds <3
Confined In China, Ai Weiwei Directs Alcatraz Exhibit From Afar
The dissident Chinese artist uses San Francisco's former island prison to contrast themes of freedom and restriction.