Ai Weiwei Lego Alcatraz
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz A peek through the window bars shows the faces of dissidents assembled from Legos on the floor of a prison work factory on Alcatraz.
Ai weiwei lego alcatraz. Ai Weiwei created the installation Trace featuring Lego portraits of political activists on Alcatraz Island near San Francisco in 2014. Combining intricate Chinese kites delicate porcelain flowers 12 million Lego pieces and haunting audio recordings the exhibit titled Large. Take a tour of Ai Weiweis show at Alcatraz Take a tour of the large scale installations using Lego traditional kites and porcelain flowers at the famous San Francisco penitentiary.
Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz. This isnt the first time Ai Weiwei has used LEGO in his art. An earlier major exhibition of Ai Weiweis work held inside Alcatraz island penitentiary in the San Francisco bay featured works made out of the plastic construction toys.
Lego has said it is reversing its policy on bulk purchases and will no longer ask customers what they want to use the bricks for. Ais latest exhibition Large on Alcatraz takes place on the notorious prison turned National Park and is one-of-a-kind. But it took a lot of diplomacy to gain support.
S exhibition on Alcatraz the federal penitentiary-turned-national park located on the San Francisco Bay. Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz Night Tours will be offered ThursdayMonday evenings. Jan Stürmann Maybe Im just an undercover artist in the disguise of a dissident Ai wrote recently.
Tickets for Large Night Tours are limited. It was a perfect fit. Lego changes bulk buy policy after Ai Weiwei backlash.
With Dan Ai Atteyat Amen Abdel Ghanny Farida Ghulam Cheryl Haines. The themes of liberty and justice personal responsibility freedom of expression and human rights can be seen throughout the exhibition which is divided into seven distinct installations. Ai Weiwei used 12 million LEGO bricks to create portraits of 176 prisoners of conscience and exiles for Trace Large on Alcatraz.
