Sunflower Seeds (2010) by Ai Weiwei

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    • Fu Xiaodong quote
      “Ai WeiWei has asserted the independence of each individual. Every one of these seeds is different, complete in itself, every life is valuable“ — reflects Ai’s aim of critiquing conformity & censorship in modern China.
    • Analysis
      • Consists of 100 million hand-painted porcelain seeds
      • As an installation in a turbine hall at Tate Modern
      • 1600 artisans were involved in the process
      • In Jingdezhen known as “porcelain city”