Wooden Snake 50cm
£3.00
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- This 50cm wooden snake references one of Ai Weiwei's most profound, political pieces.
- Ai Weiwei created a long undulating snake using 360 children's backpacks, which he found at the deadly 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Sadly, the backpacks belonged to children who died because of the poor building code, which was attributed to local corruption. Fashioning bags into a wicked symbol of Chinese lore sent a loud statement to the entire world.