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Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern

Written by  //  April 19, 2011  //  Art  //  1 Comment

Ai Weiwei, Tate Modern

With Ai Weiweis disappearance on everyones mind, including protesters in New York and Los Angeles pleading for his release, this video (on Vernissage TV) reminds us of Weiweis recent, thought-provoking installation, Sunflower Seeds, at Tate Modern until May 2, 2011.

From Tate Moderns site: “Sunflower Seeds is made up of millions of small works, each apparently identical, but actually unique. However realistic they may seem, these life-sized sunflower seed husks are in fact intricately hand-crafted in porcelain.”

Sunflower Seeds reveals the fathomlessness of human consumption.

Written by  //  April 19, 2011  //  Art  //  1 Comment

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Katy Crocker graduated from the College of Santa Fe with a degree in art history and was the director of ARTWORK International until spring 2010, when she moved to Austin, Texas. From there, she focuses on contemporary art and cultural history. In addition to writing for AdobeAirstream, she regularly contributes to Proxart Magazine, Los Angeles.

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  1. cainandtoddbenson April 21, 2011 at 7:08 am · Reply

    My Thoughts. “Ai Weiwei-Freedom 2”. Art, image.

    http://cainandtoddbenson.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/aiweiweifreedom/

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