This work of art is Ai Weiwei’s hand and he made it in 2017. The sculpture is made of a rhodium plate. He made this sculpture as part of his study of perspective series in which he photographed his hand “flipping off” significant landmarks and world monuments. The reason he did this was for rejection of authority and political oppression and as a sign of individual expression. This sculpture is supposedly available on eBay for purchase. Ai Weiwei is a activist so I can see why he would create a sculpture like this and why he would take pictures of his flipping finger at important monuments.
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