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Chinese artist
Ai Weiwei's "Sunflower Seeds"
installation is coming to
New York City this week. The work was exhibited at
London's Tate Modern
in 2010, but was closed for a short time because of concern over toxic
dust inhalation caused by museum visitors walking on the seeds, as the
artist had originally intended. Visitors to the NYC show opening this
Saturday, January 7th, at
Mary Boone Gallery (541 West 24th Street) will
not be permitted to walk on the five tons of actual-size hand-painted
porcelain seeds. They'll be on view until February 4th. Factoid: Ai
Weiwei created the three 16-feet-in-diameter chandeliers seen in the
lobby of Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's "Sunflower Seeds" installation is coming to
New York City this week. The work was exhibited at London's Tate Modern
in 2010, but was closed for a short time because of concern over toxic
dust inhalation caused by museum visitors walking on the seeds, as the
artist had originally intended. Visitors to the NYC show opening this
Saturday, January 7th, at Mary Boone Gallery (541 West 24th Street) will
not be permitted to walk on the five tons of actual-size hand-painted
porcelain seeds. They'll be on view until February 4th. Factoid: Ai
Weiwei created the three 16-feet-in-diameter chandeliers seen in the
lobby of Miami's Fontainebleau Hotel. 