Sunday, April 24, 2011

25 Million porcelain sunflower seeds

Ai Wei Wei, the Chinese activist artist's installation at the Tate Modern Museum.... Some 25 million lifelike sunflower seeds, each one cast from porcelain clay and hand painted by Chinese people from a village known for it's it expertise in porcelain work. A mind boggling exhibit. Ai Wei Wei was detained April 12 by the Chinese government for his "subversive" artistic activities.

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