Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei 's latest work portrays 43 missing Mexican student protesters , who were allegedly abducted and murdered in 2014 . Published: 11:00pm, 13 The artwork , which is made from around one million Lego bricks , includes pop art portraits of those missing above a timeline of the events . “ " Memorias ” , or “ Re - establishing Memory ” , will be displayed at the University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City . It has been designed to draw attention to the unsolved case , which authorities consider to be closed , despite experts from the Inter - American Commission on Human Rights lobbying in 2015 for the investigation to be reinstated .
Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei 's latest work portrays 43 missing Mexican student protesters , who were allegedly abducted and murdered in 2014 . The artwork , which is made from around one million Lego bricks , includes pop art portraits of those missing above a timeline of the events . “ " Memorias ” , or “ Re - establishing Memory ” , will be displayed at the University Museum of Contemporary Art in Mexico City . It has been designed to draw attention to the unsolved case , which authorities consider to be closed , despite experts from the Inter - American Commission on Human Rights lobbying in 2015 for the investigation to be reinstated .