Ton of Tea

Ai Weiwei

2006

pu'er tea and wood

M+ Museum

A large, dark brown, rectangular block of compressed material rests on a wooden base. The block has visible layers and a rough texture. The background is a plain, light gray wall. A large, dark brown, rectangular block of compressed material rests on a wooden base. The block has visible layers and a rough texture. The background is a plain, light gray wall. Ai Weiwei (born 1957, Beijing) graduated from Parsons School of Design at The New School in New York in 1993. He is an artist and social activist whose work encompasses sculpture, installation, photography, film, architecture, curation, and social criticism. Ai lives and works in Cambridge.