Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds Tate Modern Turbine Hall London Ai weiwei's unilever series commission, sunflower seeds, is a beautiful, poignant and thought provoking sculpture. the thinking behind the work lies in far more than just the idea of walking on it. the precious nature of the material, the effort of production and the narrative and personal content create a powerful commentary on the human. Ai weiwei, “kui hua zi (sunflower seeds),” 2008, porcelain, size varies with installation. first exhibited at the tate modern art gallery in london, october 2010 – may 2011. the significance of the subject is twofold: sunflower seeds are an overt reference to mao zedong, whose cultural revolution of the 1960s and ’70s was publicized by.
Ai Weiwei Spreads A Sunflower Seed Carpet At Tate S Turbine Hall The story behind the artwork that carperted tate modern with millions of handmade sunflower seeds. in 2010 ai weiwei, one of china’s leading conceptual artists and an outspoken social commentator, carpeted tate modern's turbine hall with millions of porcelain sunflower seeds, each intricately hand painted. in this film he talks about his. Kui hua zi (sunflower seeds) is an art installation created by contemporary artist and political activist ai weiwei. it was first exhibited at the tate modern art gallery in london from 12 october 2010 to 2 may 2011. the work consisted of one hundred million individually hand crafted porcelain sunflower seeds which filled the gallery's 1,000. Sunflower seeds (2011) by ai weiwei; ai weiwei (born in 1957, beijing), cc by sa 4.0, via wikimedia commons. the annual unilever series . ai weiwei reportedly started the production of the seeds in 2008 and was commissioned to display the end products as an installation in the tate modern’s turbine hall from october 12, 2010, to april 25, 2011. Vernissage.tv | tate modern in london presents the latest commission in the unilever series, sunflower seeds, by chinese artist ai weiwei. what se.
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