Art history meets Lego in two of Ai Weiwei’s latest works
about 5 months ago (12/07/2023)
Art history meets Lego in two of Ai Weiwei’s latest works Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Search Art Basel in Miami Beach 2023 news Art history meets Lego in two of Ai Weiwei’s latest works Chinese artist recreates two famous historic paintings using the hundreds of thousands of Lego bricks Alexander Morrison 7 December 2023 Share Ai Weiwei’s version of Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus is at Galleria Continua Photo: © Liliana Mora Visitors to Art Basel in Miami Beach making their way past Galleria Continua’s stand this week may find themselves doing a double take, as they encounter what looks like the Renaissance painter Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus (1510) made supersize. In fact, the piece is a monumental Lego work by the artist-activist Ai Weiwei—one of two on view at this year’s fair. Ai has been working with Lego since 2014, using the medium to replicate Old Master works and “tell a story between something very valuable, historical and something very capitalistic and contemporary”, says a representative from Continua.