Ai Weiwei has teamed up with Hong Kong-based toy designer Eric So to create a series of giant rubber sculptures. Entitled “Aibodao” (“Unloveable” in Chinese), this is a piece of self-portraiture based on his famous nude portrait which the Beijing government deemed “pornography”.
Rubber Sculptures by Ai Weiwei & Eric So
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