charity t-shirt designs by ai weiwei all images courtesy des artistes

chinese conceptual artist ai weiwei, working in collaboration with munich-based clothing label des artistes has created a limited series of t-shirts for a charity project. consisting of three separate designs on simple white tees, all the proceeds is going to doctors without borders/médecins sans frontières (MSF).

‘brain inflation’ features a black and white CT scan of ai weiwei’s hemorrhaging brain after he was beaten by chinese police force for trying to testify at the trial of a fellow activist for investigating the deaths of school children in the 2008 sichuan earthquake.

ai weiwei charity t shirt designsall proceeds go to doctors without borders/médecins sans frontières (MSF)‘brain inflation’ by ai weiwei in collaboration with des artistes

‘hanging man’ consists of a wire clothes hanger which has been twisted to look like the profile of french surrealist artist, marcel duchamp.

ai weiwei charity t shirt designs ‘hanging man’ by ai weiwei

the last in the series entitled ‘peanuts’ shows an image of hand-painted porcelain replicas of the nut.

ai weiwei charity t shirt designs ‘peanuts’ by ai weiwei

des artistes is an eco-conscious label introducing works from emerging and notable contemporary artists. every tee uses 100% organic supima cotton with environmentally friendly water-based inks.