650,000 Lego bricks and one incredible artist. Ai Weiwei's 'Water Lilies 1' is a true marvel—an impressive tribute to Monet's famous masterpiece. Art LegoMasterpiece Monet
—his largest in the UK in eight years and the only one to focus on design and architecture. The exhibition, entitled, will include the Monet-esque piece which comprises 650,000 Lego bricks in 22 different colors. The image is the largest Lego artwork Weiwei has created to date, spanning 50 feet long and occupying the entire length of the gallery wall.
In reproducing the image, Ai also added a “dark portal” to the right-hand side of his version, meant to represent the time he and his father lived in forced exile during the ‘60s. Also on display will be another major installation. Known as, all of the materials were donated to Ai by the public after the artist made headlines in 2014 when Lego temporarilybecause they didn’t want the pieces used for political purposes.
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