Ai Weiwei's 'Button Up!' Exhibition Features Skeletons and Lego
Ai Weiwei's 'Button Up!' exhibition is on display, featuring skeleton chandeliers, a real-life temple, and a significant amount of Lego art. Critics have noted the diverse and sometimes unconventional elements of the show.
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Ai Weiwei: Button Up! review – skeleton chandeliers, a real-life temple – and too much silly Lego
Aviva Studios, Manchester The artist’s latest show is a staggering takedown of colonial history, warfare and the migrant crisis, featuring buttons by the tonne and richly perfumed tea History has repeated itself all over Ai Weiwei’s vast exhibition of monumental sculpture in Manchester. The flags of long-lost nations hang from the ceiling, bronzes looted by dead empires have been recast and reclaimed, dilapidated ancient ruins have been rebuilt. Everywhere you look here, you will find death...
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