Chinese artist Ai Weiwei new exhibition with Tree sculptures in the courtyard of London's Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, UK

---

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei new exhibition with Tree sculptures in the courtyard of London's Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, UK Employing traditional methods of carpentry, Bed is made up of an untold number of sections of wood fitted together in a complex pattern of joining and dovetails, telling of the way in which craftsmanship and the matter of making are themselves integral to Ai’s work. As in many of his works in wood – the recycled woodland of bare trees in the RA’s courtyard for instance – the timber has been salvaged from some of Imperial China’s dismantled temples.

---

Size: 7200px × 4800px
Location: Royal Academy, Piccadilly, London, England, UK
Photo credit: © Jeff Gilbert / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: academy london uk, academy london uk sculpture, academy london uk sculpture chinese, ai, artist ai, weiwei, weiwei trees royal