my favorite piece of modern art is Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds, over one hundred million hand-painted ceramic sunflower seeds made by dozens of craftsmen
#oh shit this is cool #i looked it up to learn the context #the author is originally from china and a critic of the communist party #the sunflower is a symbol of mao zedong #and sunflower seeds are a symbol of the people of China #the vastness of the room and the number and uniformity of the seeds are meant to represent the censorship and enforced conformity #of the population #but also show how many of them there are and how strong they could be together if they rose up #it also challenges the ‘made in china’ mass manufacturing stereotype since they are all handmade #very cool. i love modern art
@json-derulo why would you leave this excellent analysis in the tags