Artist
Cai Guo-Qiang
b. 1957 · Chinese
Cai Guo-Qiang uses gunpowder, fireworks and large-scale installations to create drawings, explosions and public spectacles. His work combines chance, destruction, Chinese cosmology and global political imagery.
Gunpowder drawing; installation; performance
Major Works
- 1993Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters →
- 2006Head On →
- 2004Inopportune: Stage One →
- 2008Black Fireworks: Project for Hiroshima →
- 2015Sky Ladder →
- 1996The Century with Mushroom Clouds →
- 2014Elegy: Explosion Event for the Opening of Cai Guo-Qiang →
- 2010Odyssey →
- 2013Heritage →
- 2002Transient Rainbow →
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo