Chinese Artist Unveils World’s Largest Lego Artwork In London
Famous Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has unveiled the world’s largest artwork made completely of Lego blocks at the Design Museum in London.
The exhibition, entitled “Making Sense” features giant site-specific installations including five sprawling “fields” made up of objects he collected in the 1990s.
One of these installations is the impressive “Water Lilies #1”, the largest ever artwork to be made of Lego bricks.
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Made from around 650,000 Lego bricks in 22 colours, this impressive feat is inspired by one of Claude Monet’s most famous paintings.
“Making Sense” is the Beijing-born’s first show dedicated to design and architecture.
Weiwei, one of China’s most well-known contemporary artists, is also a designer, filmmaker and activist.
He studied in the United States at Parson’s School of Design in New York City and later at the Arts Students League of New York. Weiwei then returned to China and became a founder of the avant-garde movement there, quickly making a name for himself as an outspoken activist against the Chinese government.
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