A4 paper hand signed by Ai Weiwei with invisible UV ink.

This work is available for sale exclusively on Maybe.Art from 10 December to 20 December. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Refugees International.

Oak Leaves is a work of mezzotint etching, an engraving technique which allows for soft gradations of tone and velvety blacks by roughening a metal plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth. Oak leaves are common things around Ai Weiwei’s new studio in Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal.

ATakeout Box (Glass) is a food container usually made in styrofoam. Its prevalent use made it a marker of our time of globalization.
Ai Weiwei made the first one in marble in 2015.
Ai Weiwei has been working with Berengo Studio in glass.

Toilet Paper (Glass) as a daily object became scarce in supermarkets worldwide when the Covid-19 pandemic started.
This work in glass reflects our society’s fragileness symbolically.
Ai Weiwei has been working with Berengo Studio in glass.

The special edition print embodies the defense of the freedom of press.
The treadmill was sent to Ai Weiwei by Julian Assange while he was taking refuge in the Embassy of Ecuador in London. He is still incarcerated in the UK. In 2022 Ai Weiwei started a campaign #RunForOurRights #treadmill by making a video of himself running on the treadmill and encouraging everyone to upload their videos with the hashtags in defense of freedom of press and human rights.

The newly created artwork After the Hanging Man (2021) is made with barbed wire. All around the world we see borders and fences against refugees and borders.
When the artist lived in New York, he created The Hanging Man (1983). With a twisted coat-hanger, he formed the contours of Marcel Duchamp’s profile. It was one of his earliest artworks and a homage to Duchamp.

Parrot Feathers is a work of mezzotint etching, an engraving technique which allows for soft gradations of tone and velvety blacks by roughening a metal plate with thousands of little dots made by a metal tool with small teeth.

Middle Finger (Bamboo), a work made in bamboo. Ai Weiwei began creating works using the language of traditional Chinese kites in 2013 and pushed the craftsmen to explore the outer bounds of what was possible with materials.