Ai Weiwei

Everyone is a dragon

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Lego blocks become silkscreen squares in a dazzling print by Ai Weiwei.

The dragon is a familiar subject for Ai Weiwei – an allegory for the power of the individual, and the importance of freedom. Conceived to mark the year of the dragon in the Chinese zodiac, Everyone is a dragon transforms the pixel-like compositions of his iconic works in Lego into an elaborate silkscreen print. Fittingly, printmakers at Make-Ready in London used the same ink supplier as Lego to create it. Precise alignment and strategic overprinting deliver sharp edges and intense saturation.

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Ai Weiwei says everyone is a dragon. Why?

test prints on an illuminated display stand

sky blue ink being dragged across a printing screen by a squeegee

printmaker expecting a partially complete silkscreen print

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What is silkscreen printing?

Printmaker Kaius takes a break from crafting exquisite editions at Make-Ready in London to guide us through the fundamentals and speculative future of screen printing and serigraphy.

December 09, 2024 · 10 min read

Ai Weiwei

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Ai Weiwei is unafraid to speak truth to power. He’s one of the most famous living artists today – a testament to the breadth and vision of his practice. Effortlessly, he moves between different media, from sculpture and architecture to performance and documentary film. His work is often monumental in scale and is driven by a hunger for truth and justice. In 2008, for example, Ai spent many months collecting the names of over 5000 children who lost their lives in the Sichuan earthquake. This unflinching dedication to human rights saw him detained by the Chinese government for 81 days in 2011, accused of ‘subverting the state.’

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