Ai Weiwei: S.A.C.R.E.D. 2011-2013, six-part work composed of (i) S upper, (ii) A ccusers, (iii) C leansing, (iv) R itual, (v) E ntropy, (vi) D oubt. Six dioramas in fiberglass and iron, each 377 x 198 x 153 cm Installation view, Chiesa di Sant' Antonin, 55th Venice Biennale, 2013. Courtesy, the artist and Lisson Gallery
Ai Weiwei’s installation in conjunction with the Lisson Gallery, and installed in a church, consists of six, 1.5metre high x 3.5metre long iron boxes, peered into through small openings to reveal model dioramas recreating disturbing scenarios from the artist’s 81-day detention by the Chinese authorities in 2011.
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