Ai Weiwei
By Ben on Sun Oct 17 2010
Ai Weiwei
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has filled the museum's turbine hall with millions of life-sized sunflower seeds, these life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain. Each seed has been individually sculpted and painted by specialists working in small-scale workshops in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen. The installation encourages visitors to touch and walk on the carpet of "sunflower seeds".
Ai Weiwei: sunflower seeds
turbine hall, tate modern
bankside, london
now until 2 may 2011


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#1 Post by Dan, on Sun Oct 17 2010 3:33 AM
100 million s seeds to be correct.
#2 Post by TheGirl, on Sun Oct 17 2010 9:45 PM
Insane. Why not use real seeds? it's still a great concept.
#3 Post by bulka, on Thu Oct 21 2010 4:8 AM
handcrafted seeds? smells like cheap labour force
#4 Post by ArtRadar, on Thu Nov 18 2010 1:53 PM
Read here about 'canceled' party that Ai Weiwei held while under the house arrest http://artradarjournal.com/2010/11/09/ai-weiweis-studio-party-cancelled-art-radar-was-there/. Art Radar was there! We ate crabs and took pictures! Harmony!
#5 Post by willie, on Thu Mar 24 2011 2:46 PM
looks like a huge waste of labor to me
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