13 October 2010

Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds at Tate Modern, London


Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei has created an installation of over 100 million sunflower seeds as the eleventh commission in the Tate Modern's Unilever series. The exhibit fills the museum's central Turbine Hall with expansive, unusual and interactive art.


Get this— the seeds are not actual sunflower seeds but porcelain replicas, hand-crafted and individually painted over the course of two years by some 1600 Chinese artisans!

Check out the video below and read more at Guardian UK.

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