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Hand-Made Porcelain Sunflower Seeds (21 pics)

Posted in Pictures   12 Oct 2010   / 7023 views

This is one of the masterpieces introduced in Tate Modern’s vast Turbine Hall (London) by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. At first glance, these are usual sunflower seeds. But if you take a closer look, you’ll see huge seeds that are not real. These are hand-painted replicas made out of porcelain. Each seed is unique, and there are one hundred million of them. Can you believe that it took 2.5 years and 1,600 people to produce this installation?

 


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limer 1 year ago
Jeez 2.5 years for some gravel stones, wow. lawl
       
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2Cool4Ice 1 year ago
Can you believe that it took 2.5 years and 1,600 people to produce this installation?
So some one payd like 2.5 x 20.000 = 50.000
50.000 x 1.600 = 80.000.000 for some porcelain sunflower seeds.

(based on year salaris of 20.000 and all working 2.5 years
You can't get lost if you follow your own path
       
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vishpri 1 year ago
why? WHY!? WHY!?!?!
       
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Glabo 1 year ago
80.000.000 to make this installation?? That pretty much SUCK!!
       
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Mr. Ree 1 year ago
I can't think of anything else that would be a greater waste of times than this crap.
       
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Grasshopper 1 year ago
Ai WhyWhy. FAIL!
       
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Peanut 1 year ago
This 'installation' is not art, modern or otherwise, but it is ridiculous. It would probably been cheaper and taken less time to fill the stupid hall with real seeds which could have been fed to the birds.
       
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lolipop 1 year ago
how much time he take to make all these.....
       
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yojoe 1 year ago
I bet it was made in china.
Much cheaper ;)
       
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4 1 year ago
What a waste of time, money, materials and space. :/
       
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4down2 1 year ago
And the world goes hungry for the sake of art!
       

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