Chinese contemporary artist and pro-democracy activist; designer of the Beijing Olympic Stadium; per John Kiriakou, produced a Lego portrait of him as one of 178 political prisoners in the series, with Kiriakou's panel positioned next to Martin Luther King Jr.; the work is now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Ai Weiwei is the Chinese contemporary artist and pro-democracy activist who designed the Beijing Olympic Stadium and was subsequently imprisoned in China for his activism. Per John Kiriakou, Ai produced a Lego portrait series of 178 political prisoners while Kiriakou was himself in federal prison. Kiriakou’s panel sits in the series next to one of Martin Luther King Jr.[1][2]
The work now lives in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution.[2]
