Thursday, July 6, 2023

Ai Weiwei | Pequi Tree Miniatura










Ai Weiwei
Pequi Tree Miniatura
Porto, Portugal: Serralves Foundation, 2021
36.8 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm.
Edition of 250 signed and numbered copies


In July of 2021, the exhibition Intertwine by Ai Weiwei opened at the Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves in Porto, Portugal. The show included a thirty-two metre high cast iron sculpture titled Pequi Tree, in Serralves Park (see below). 

The Pequi Tree Miniature is a lavishly packaged miniature of the work, produced at a 1/100 scale, out of tin. The work is produced in an edition of 250 copies, with the artist's signature incised on the underside. 








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