Red translucent building blocks arranged in a structure with a tall central tower against a plain grey background.

Toy Brick Left Hand (Red)

€550

Red translucent building blocks arranged in a structure with a tall central tower against a plain grey background.

Ai Weiwei

Toy Brick Left Hand (Red)

€550
Limited edition of 750Shipping est. 7–14 Dec
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Ai Weiwei brings together two of his most recognisable motifs for the first time in a new limited edition sculpture.

The middle finger began with Study of Perspective, the photographic series Weiwei started in 1995 at Tiananmen Square and has since repeated before the world's centres of power, from the White House to the Eiffel Tower. Toy bricks are another key motif in his work, used in portraits of political prisoners and large-scale pieces such as The Mueller Report. Here, the two combine in a single edition: the middle finger, Weiwei's gesture of defiance towards power, and the brick, the material through which he has repeatedly addressed free expression.

Each sculpture is hand-built using WOMA bricks in discontinued colours, specially produced for this project. Weiwei's signature is engraved onto one brick in every sculpture, and the proof has been approved by the artist.

artist Ai Weiwei taking a selfie in a bathroom mirror
Ai Weiwei38 collaborationsAi Weiwei is unafraid to speak truth to power. He’s one of the most famous living artists today – a testament to the breadth and vision of his practice. Effortlessly, he moves between different media, from sculpture and architecture to performance and documentary film. His work is often monumental in scale and is driven by a hunger for truth and justice. In 2008, for example, Ai spent many months collecting the names of over 5000 children who lost their lives in the Sichuan earthquake. This unflinching dedication to human rights saw him detained by the Chinese government for 81 days in 2011, accused of ‘subverting the state.’

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