Die raumfüllende installation besteht aus 100 millionen doppelt gebrannter und handbemalter sonnenblumenkerne aus porzellan die über eine gesamtfläche von 3400 m 10 cm hoch aufgeschüttet wurden.
Ceramic sunflower seeds.
The sunflower husks were manufactured from the kaolin extracted from the local mountains.
Ai weiwei s unilever series commission sunflower seeds is a beautiful poignant and thought provoking sculpture.
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The manufacturing process of the sunflower seeds.
The precious nature of the material the effort of production and the narrative and personal content create a powerful commentary on the human condition.
What you see is not what you see and what you see is not what it means the sculptural installation is made up of what appear to be millions of sunflower seed husks apparently identical but actually unique.
The ceramic seeds were moulded.
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Sunflower seeds ist eine auftragsarbeit der tate modern an den zeitgenössischen künstler ai weiwei im rahmen der unilever serie.
Sunflower seeds 2010 consists of millions of individually handcrafted porcelain sunflower seeds.
Each seed went through a 30 step procedure hand painted and fired at 1 300 degrees.
Ai weiwei appointed over 1 600 artisans in the city of jingdezhen for two and a half years to create his huge pile of ceramic seeds.
Eleventh unilever series commission for tate modern s turbine hall for which ai created 1 125 000 000 2010 a bed of ceramic sunflower seeds installed across the floor of the space.
The chinese artist ai weiwei challenges our first impressions with his installation sunflower seeds.
The thinking behind the work lies in far more than just the idea of walking on it.
Das ehrgeizige projekt ai weiweis an dem ca.
Sunflower seeds the 11th turbine hall commission opens tomorrow and runs to may 2 2011.
This massive art installation includes over 100 million porcelain sunflower seeds that cover a 1 000 square metre floor with a depth of 10cm in the tate modern s turbine hall.