We had a free day yesterday so DH and I went to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem to see the Ai Weiwei exhibit at the Israel Museum. Wow. If you ever have the opportunity to see one of his exhibits I can't recommend it highly enough. His work is highly political but also aesthetically pleasing and layered with meaning. Is the personal still political? Regardless, here I stand in the middle of his works (we also have tons of gorgeous pictures without me in them )

Anyhow, these are just a taste of his work and the exhibition. (All interpretations are loosely derived from the museum's notes.)
1,2 "Trees" made from deadwood and assembled using a traditional Chinese method without glue or visible joints. Bolts were added to allude to the artificial vs. manmade construction.
3,4 Lego reconstruction his photos of breaking of an ancient vase, placed at the end of a room made up of porcelain handmade sunflower seeds. I cannot go into all the levels of symbolism here, but encourage anyone interested to google!
5 One of several amazing wallpapers, this one made up the IOUs he issued to his supporters who rallied to pay a huge tax fine he was assessed under outrageous circumstances.
6 Soft ground - a carpet replica of the tiled floor of a Nazi art gallery (to grossly oversimplify). We had to put on protective foot coverings or take off our shoes to walk on it.

My outfit is all second hand: Yohji Yamamoto jacket, Dooney & Burke wine holder tote, Current Elliot cropped jeans, random and poorly tied scarf, Italian boots, name forgotten.
Thanks for looking! Any comments about the clothes or the art welcome!

eta interesting link about the exhibit:https://www.designboom.com/art.....6-12-2017/