In response to the request of a Chinese dissident on the delivery of a large batch of the designer company said that cannot allow the use of Lego in the works on the topic of politics

Chinese artist-dissident AI Weiwei said on his page on Instagram that the Lego company denied him buying a large batch of cubes the constructor for political reasons. According to the official response, which quoted the artist, the company may not permit the use of Lego in the works on the subject politici@

Party Lego AI Weiwei ordered on the eve of his exhibition at the National gallery of Victoria in Australia. Earlier in the framework of the exhibition on the prison island of Alcatraz, in the Bay of San Francisco, a Chinese dissident posted of Tinker toys 175 portraits of "prisoners of conscience", including Nelson Mandela, Edward Snowden and Dr@

AI Weiwei explained the company's refusal to sell him a Lego party designer that recently signed an agreement on construction of a new leisure Park Legoland in Shanghai. Danish company expands its presence in Asia, as its still the main market — the USA — began to take positions. Asian market, on the contrary, showed the highest growth rate of sales designer in individual Regione@

Lego is not the first time refuses to participate in projects of a political nature. Earlier in 2015, the journalist Maya Weinstock (Maia Weinstock) offered Lego to release a set designer, dedicated judges-women in the Supreme court of the United States, however, the company said otkazom@

After AI Weiwei complained to their subscribers on the company's refusal to Lego, his profiles in social media was flooded with offers of donations he designer cubes in the quantities that will be necessary to create robot@

the Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: theguardian.com, theguardian.com, bbc.com, artinvestment.ru