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Ai Weiwei’s ‘Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads’

A dragon, left, snake and horse make up a portion of artist Ai Weiwei's latest work, "Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads," at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads" is a group of 10-foot-tall bronze animal heads similar to a series of sculptures that once encircled a fountain in Beijing's Old Summer Palace. The works will be on view through February.

A dragon, left, snake and horse make up a portion of artist Ai Weiwei’s latest work, “Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads,” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads” is a group of 10-foot-tall bronze animal heads similar to a series of sculptures that once encircled a fountain in Beijing’s Old Summer Palace. The works will be on view through February.  (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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'Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads'

A pig’s head sculpture is one of the works by Ai Weiwei on display at LACMA.  (Genaro Molina /Los Angeles Times)

'Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads'

A snake and a horse head are representative of large-scale works of the Chinese zodiac.  (Genaro Molina /Los Angeles Times)

'Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads'

A dragon is part of Ai Weiwei’s installation.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

'Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads'

A rabbit sculpture  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

'Circle of Animals /Zodiac Heads'

A ram sculpture  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

'Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads'

A rooster and a dog  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads

A monkey, right, and a ram’s head  (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

'Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads'

Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei outside his studio in Beijing on June 23, 2011.  (Peter Parks /AFP /Getty Images)

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