Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds Meaning
Tate Modern today unveils the latest commission in The Unilever Series, Sunflower Seeds, by the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The sculptural installation appears at first to be a vast, flat landscape of sunflower seed husks, covering the east end of the Turbine Hall. Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds challenges our first impressions: what you see is not what you see, and what you see is not what it means. The sculptural installation is made up of what appear to be millions of sunflower seed husks, apparently identical but actually unique. A vast floor within the Tate Modern has been carpeted with more than 100million 'sunflower seeds' - the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series. Visitors will be able to walk on and touch the seeds-the brainchild of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei-which are in fact made of porcelain. Courtesy of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, the Turbine Hall is now carpeted with a million hand-painted seeds – an image of globalisation both politically powerful and hauntingly beautiful. Quite a handful ... Ai Weiwei with his sunflower seeds in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. Tate Modern today unveils the latest commission in The Unilever Series, Sunflower Seeds, by the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. AI WEIWEI, Sunflower Seeds (detail), 2010, lifesize sunflower seed made from porcelain, taken from the 100 million-seeds installation at Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. Photo by Tate Photography. Courtesy the artist. Image caption The work has been purchased for an undisclosed figure. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds - a work made up of 10 tonnes of porcelain seed replicas-has been bought by Tate Modern. The London gallery has acquired around eight million of the 100 million porcelain reproductions. AI WEIWEI, Sunflower Seeds (detail), 2010, lifesize sunflower seed made from porcelain, taken from the 100 million-seeds installation at Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London. Photo by Tate Photography. Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's sunflower seeds - a work made up of 10 tonnes of porcelain seed replicas-has been bought by Tate Modern. The London gallery has acquired around eight million of the 100 million porcelain reproductions. comments. A vast floor within the Tate Modern has been carpeted with more than 100million 'sunflower seeds' - the latest commission in the annual Unilever Series. Visitors will be able to walk on and touch the seeds-the brainchild of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei-which are in fact made of porcelain.
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