#weiwei art

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fuck it... bird sneaks

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In His Largest LEGO Work Yet, Ai Weiwei Recreates One of Claude Monet’s Most Famous Paintings

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Ai Weiwei: Chandelier (2015)

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water lillies #1 ~ ai weiwei | photo credit: ela bialkowska | okno studio

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Artist Ai Weiwei has been known to use LEGO bricks as an art material, leveraging the analog bit shape of the square building blocks to generate so-called “glitch aesthetics” that comment on digital disruption, paranoia around systems, and miscommunication (among other associations attendant to their subject matter).

In his newest and largest LEGO work yet, slated as a feature of an upcoming exhibition at the Design Museum in London, Ai presents “Water Lilies #1,” a recreation of Claude Monet’s ubiquitous Impressionist work.

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Ai Weiwei Dropping a Han dynasty urn. 1995. Gelatin silver prints: 148×121 cm (58×47 in) ea.

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Odyssey, Ai Weiwei, 2017

Offset lithograph on paper 36 x 24 in. (91.4 x 61 cm)

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Ai Weiwei, Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, 1995

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Fonte de Luz , 2007 Ai Weiwei cristais de aço e vidro sobre base de madeira, 700x529x400cm Vista da instalação: estúdio de Ai Weiwei, Pequim

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[peevishpants]

big backpack for a little guy but it's a little backpack for a big guy

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Ai Weiwei, Glass Helmet, 2022

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If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for?

Ai Weiwei

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Happy 66th, Ai Weiwei.

Photo by Allen Ginsberg.

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Ai Weiwei, Water Lilies #1, 2022 

Composed of nearly 650,000 pieces in 22 colors,

© Ela Bialkowska / OKNO studio. 

© Image courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua