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Ai Weiwei: Tree 2009-10
In this work centuries old tree trunks and branches from the mountain regions of southern China have been reassembled into one tree using a traditional Chinese interlocking building method. Conceived as an attempt ”to imagine what the tree looked like”, the sculpture has also been read as a commentary by Ai on the modern Chinese state, a territory and culturally diverse expanse whose sovereignty is promoted by the country’s official “ One China” policy.
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Ai Weiwei: Tree 2009-10
In this work centuries old tree trunks and branches from the mountain regions of southern China have been reassembled into one tree using a traditional Chinese interlocking building method. Conceived as an attempt ”to imagine what the tree looked like”, the sculpture has also been read as a commentary by Ai on the modern Chinese state, a territory and culturally diverse expanse whose sovereignty is promoted by the country’s official “ One China” policy.