Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
2014
Format
Other
Exhibition Event Title
@Large: Ai Weiwei on Alcatraz
Date of Exhibition Event
September 27, 2014 - April 26, 2015
Location of Exhibition Event
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, United States
Materials
Over 1.2 million plastic LEGO bricks
Description
Trace is an installation consisting of more than 1.2 million LEGO bricks, depicting portraits of 176 people from different countries who were imprisoned or politically persecuted because of their beliefs, actions, or affiliations. For example, these portraits include Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. etc. The portraits were laid out on the floor of the former federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. During the creation and exhibition of the work, Ai Weiwei was unable to leave China due to his travel restrictions following a detention in 2011. The work also reflects his experiences of political imprisonment and deprivation of personal freedom. (Source: https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/ai-weiwei-trace/) (Yida Du ’29)
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