Ai Weiwei: Making Sense, 2023
Over the last 30 years, China has experienced urban development on a scale never seen before. As the old world was swept away, Ai became fascinated by Chinese antiquities, becoming an avid collector. Even a pile of ancient teapot spouts seemed to speak of cultural sensibilities that have been lost. In a world of mass-production and consumerism, Ai's searching approach to history and craftsmanship forces us to question what we value. It is through material culture that he explores the tension between past and present, hand and machine, precious and worthless, construction and destruction.
— the Design Museum
Untitled (Porcelain Balls), 2022
Study of Perspective, since 1995
Still Life, 1993-2000
Spouts, 2015
Life Vest Snake, 2019
Nian Nian Souvenir, 2021
Water Lilies #1, 2022
Untitled (Lego incident), 2015
Han Dynasty Urn with Coca-Cola Logo, 2014
Pendant (Toilet Paper), 2021
Provisional Landscapes, 2002–8
Natural History by Damien Hirst, 2022
The Ascension, 2003
Death Denied, 2008
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living
Great White Shark
Light and Shadow by Yoon Hyup, 2022
Raindrops On My Window, 2018
Still In The Game, 2022
