Thursday, March 15, 2012

Ai Weiwei : Sunflower Seeds

Ai Weiwei "Sunflower Seeds"

Ai Weiwei is one of the most famous artists in the world today.

One of his most famous pieces is the installation "Sunflower Seeds" which was on display in the Tate Modern Gallery in London from October 2010 to May 2011. The installation was composed of 100 million hand-painted porcelain replicas of sunflower seeds. To understand the meanings behind this installation, as well as to get an idea of its power as "one work of art made of one hundred million works of art" you should watch the videos below.







Ai Weiwei's work is currently on display at the Hirshhorn Museum at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.