Ai Weiwei MASK : Sunflower Seeds
This photograph of sunflower seeds is a detail of Ai Weiwei’s famous Tate Modern installation consisting of one hundred million individually crafted porcelain sunflower seeds. For Ai, this symbolizes the significance of each of us in the sea of humanity.
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Year: 2020
Medium: Ink on polypropylene fabric
Measurement: Image: 10 x 17cm each; overall width: 27cm
Made in the artist’s studio in Berlin, each work is silk-screened by hand on cloth face masks. In addition, each package includes a signed artist’s statement (with printed signature).
*These artworks are not recommended for medical use and no liability is assumed if they are used for this purpose. The works are not washable.
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"Ai Weiwei MASK are artworks symbolic of our current conditions. To have one is an ethical and creative act to overcome our tired isolation and participate in a collective enterprise of real compassion." -- Alexandra Munroe, Curator
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All proceeds benefit pandemic humanitarian efforts led by:
Human Rights Watch
Refugees International
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
(Proceeds will be distributed among all three organizations.)
