Ai Weiwei designs face masks for Covid-19 relief efforts

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The face coverings depict several motifs that are familiar to fans of the Chinese artist and dissident's body of work. FMTNews FMTLifestyle

Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has designed a series of face masks to raise funds for various charities. © Image Courtesy of Ai Weiwei and Ebay Charity.

Additional designs include a surveillance camera, handcuffs and creatures from ancient Chinese mythology, all of which have been silk-screened by hand onto non-surgical cloth masks in Ai’s Berlin studio. “Our small individual act becomes powerful when they are part of the social response. An individual wearing a mask makes a gesture; a society wearing masks combats a deadly virus.

Earlier this May, the Contemporary Art Society invited four British contemporary artists to customize face coverings, as part of the “CAS Rapid Response Fund” crowdfunding campaign.

 

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