Gilded Cage

Ai Weiwei – Gilded Cage, created to bring awareness of the global migrant and refugee crisis. We are all human regardless of where we come from and how we got here. Part of the Public Art Fund project around NYC.

Circle Of Animals/Zodiac Heads

Ai Weiwei – Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads. Phillips Auction, New York.  The artist did extensive research to replicate the zodiac heads (this time with gold coating) that were looted in 1860 by British and French soldiers from imperial palace complex outside Beijing towards the end of the Opium Wars.  They were originally part of a… Continue reading Circle Of Animals/Zodiac Heads