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    • Study of Perspective - Eiffel Tower
      1995–2003
      Color print
      90 × 127 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Study of Perspective - The White House
      1995–2003
      Color print
      90 × 127 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Study of Perspective - Tiananmen
      1995–2003
      Black and white print
      90 × 127 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Ai Qing Memorial
      2002

      Jinhua Ai Qing Cultural Park, Jinhua, Zhejiang

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Yiwu Riverbank
      2002

      Jinhua, Zhejiang

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Forever
      2003
      42 bicycles
      Diameter: 275 × 450 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Fragments
      2005
      Table, chairs and beams from dismantled temples from the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
      500 × 850 × 700 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Kippe
      2006
      Iron wood (Tieli wood) from dismantled temples of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) and iron parallel bar
      182 × 286 × 104 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Surveillance Camera
      2006
      Marble
      39.2 × 39.8 × 19 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Colored Vases
      2006
      51 Neolithic vases (5000–3000 BCE), industrial paint
      Height varies from 20 to 40 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Untitled (Divina Proportione)
      2006
      Huali wood
      Diameter: 169 cm and 278 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Traveling Light
      2007
      Tieli wood, glass crystal, lights, and metal
      477 × 244 × 177 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Descending Light
      2007
      Glass crystal, lights, and metal
      400 × 663 × 461 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Template
      2007
      Wooden doors and windows from destroyed Ming and Qing Dynasty houses (1368–1911), wooden base
      720 × 1200 × 850 cm (before colllapsing) and 422 × 1106 × 875 cm (after collapsing)

      Documenta 12, Kassel

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Fairytale: Chairs
      2007
      1001 Qing Dynasty wooden chairs (1644–1911)

      Ai Weiwei studio

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Fairytale
      2007
      1001 Chinese visitors in Kassel, Germany

      Documenta 12, Kassel

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Fairytale
      2007
      1001 Chinese visitors, Gottschalk-Hallen, ladies dormitory, mixed media

      Documenta 12, Kassel

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Marble Chair
      2008
      Marble
      120 × 56 × 46 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Moon Chest
      2008
      Huali wood
      320 × 160 × 80 cm each

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Coca-Cola Vase
      2009
      Neolithic amphora from the Yangshao culture (5000–3000 BCE) and paint
      50 × 19 × 24 cm

      © Ai Weiwei

    • Remembering
      2009
      Back packs and metal structure
      Approximately 920 × 10,605 cm

      Haus der Kunst, Munich

      © Ai Weiwei

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