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 ai Guoqiang (1957, Fujian Province) is considered one of the world’s most original and inventive installation and performance artists. Commonly thought of as a magician artist, Cai Guoqiang has been known to use gunpowder, fireworks and explosions to create beautiful scenes and canvases. He has also used clay, wood, rocks and even Chinese herbal medicine to transform cultural objects into modern art pieces. Cai was chosen along with Xu Bing and Zhao Wuji to exhibit at the opening of I.M. Pei's new museum in Suzhou. He won the Golden Lion Award at the 48th Venice Biennale. The artist now lives in New York. |
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Footprints of History: Fireworks Project for the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games， 2008
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Dreams along the Stairway, 2007, Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as 42-panel screen, 675 x 1061 cm
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Same Word, Same Seed, Same Root, 2006, Gunpowder, gunpowder fuse, paper, LED screens, wood panels, steel frame, 9 x 18 m
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Inopportune: Stage Two, 2006, mixed media, Dimensions variable
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Inopportune: Stage One, 2006, mixed media, Dimensions variable
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Head on, 2006, 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass, Installation dimensions variable
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Clear Sky Black Cloud, 2006, Black smoke shells, Duration: variable
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Tornado: Explosion Project for the Festival of China, 2005, Dancing boats and tornado, 7 minutes
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Red Flag, 2005, woven red gunpowder fuse, 5 seconds
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Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for Edinburgh, 2005, 14" black smoke shells, 3 minutes
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Painting Chinese Landscape Painting, 2004, Gunpowder on paper, 400 x 600 cm
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Fireworks from Heaven, 2003, Electric massage chairs, neon lights, mosquito net, Dimensions variable
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Dream, 2002, Industrial fans, silk flag, silk lanterns, electric lights, Dimensions variable
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Fountain, 2001, Gunpowder on paper, 6 x 4 m
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The Eagle Has Arrived!, 2001, Boat, 30 oars, 30 spears, EU flag, fan, 145 x 650 x 230 cm
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Fountain, 2000, Gunpowder and fuse, Approximately 3 seconds
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Crystal Tower, 2000, Crystals set in resin, metal armature, lights and more, Dimensions variable
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Dragon Boat, 1999, Wooden boat, lanterns, Dimensions variable
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Dragon: Explosion on Issey Miyake, 1998, Gunpowder on Pleats Please garments, 63 pieces
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Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century, 1997, 18 Taihu rocks, 1 hot tub with hydrotherapy jets and more, 24 (height) x 67 x 81 x 83 feet
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Dome, 1996, Paper lanterns, metal frame and more, 4.5 (h) x 3.6 (d) m
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Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan, 1996, 108 sheepskin bags, wooden branches and more, Dimensions variable
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Bringing to Venice What Marco Polo Forgot, 1995, Mixed Media, Dimensions variable. Boat: 700 x 950 x 180 cm
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The Orient (San Jō Tower), 1995, Salvaged wood from a sunken boat, seismograph, and soil, Installation dimensions variable
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Kaikou the Keel (Returning Light the Dragon Bone), 1994, Excavated fishing boat, salt (9 tons), plastic wrap, Styrofoam, and fish, Boat: 500 x 550 x 1,350 cm
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Calendar of Life, 1994, Chinese herbs, clock, cotton, and Plexiglas, Dimensions variable
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Long Mai the Dragon Meridian: Project for Humankind No. 5, 1993, Chinese soil, armature, and fabric, Length: 100 m, Boat: 500 x 550 x 1,350 cm
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Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9, 1992, Gunpowder (90 kg), fuse (1,300 m), and more, Land area 15,000 sq. m, 9 seconds
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Primeval Fireball: The Project for Projects, 1991, seven gunpowder drawings
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I Am an Extraterrestrial, Project for Meeting with Tenjin (Heavenly Gods), 1990, Gunpowder (10 kg), fuse (200 m), and vinyl, Land area: 85 x 30 m, 3 seconds
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Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 1, 1989, Gunpowder (2 kg) and fuse (20 m); hemp tent cloth, wax, twigs, feathers, and rope, Explosion area 550 x 450 x 250 cm, 2 seconds
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Space No.1, 1988, Gunpowder on paper, glass and light, Installation dimensions variable
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solo exhibitions:
2008
Cai Guo-qiang：I Want to Believe,Guggenhein Museum,New York
2007
Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune: Stage One, semi-permanent installation, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
Light Passage: Cai Guo-Qiang & Shiseido, Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, SITE Santa Fe Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams
Cai Guo-Qiang: Stage, San Gimignano Mountain and Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cai Guo-Qiang: Long Scroll, Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Quebec
Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwaimin’s Wind Shadow, Eslite Gallery (Cherng Piin), Taipei, Taiwan
2006
Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, SITE Santa Fe Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams
Cai Guo-Qiang: Stage, San Gimignano Mountain and Galleria Continua, San Gimignano
Cai Guo-Qiang on the Roof: Transparent Monument, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cai Guo-Qiang: Long Scroll, Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Quebec
Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwaimin’s Wind Shadow, Eslite Gallery (Cherng Piin), Taipei, Taiwan
2005
Cai Guo-Qiang - Life Beneath the Shadow, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cai Guo-Qiang: Ghosts, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Cai Guo-Qiang – Paradise, Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Cai Guo-Qiang, IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
2004
Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Directions - Cai Guo-Qiang, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
2003
Man, Eagle and Eye in The Sky:Kite Project for Siwa, Egypt
Light Cycle:Explosion Project for Central Park, New York, USA
Explosion Event: Light Cycle Over Central Park, Asia Society And Museum, New York, USA
Ye Gong Hao Long:Explosion Project for Tate Modern, Tate Modern, London, Uk
Cai Guo-qiang：An Arbitrary History, S.M.A.K Gent, Belgium
Cai Guo-qiang: For Your Pleasure Matrix 204, University Of California Berkeley Art Museum, Berkely, USA
Pause:DMoCA Inaugural Exhibition With Kiki Smith, Niigata, Japan
2002
Cai Guo-qiang: Ethereal Flowers,Galleria Civica Di Arte Contemporanea Trento, Trento, Italy
Transient Rainbow, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Cai Guoqiang, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2001
Artistic Direction for Apec Cityscape Fireworks, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, Shanghai, China
Performing Chinese Ink Painting, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Impression Oil Drawings, Charles H.Scott Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000
Cai Guo-Qiang, Fondation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris
1999
I Am the Y2K Bug,Kunsthalle Wien,Vienna
1998
Cai Guo-Qiang: Day Dreaming, Cherng Piin Gallery,Taipei
1997
Cai Guo-Qiang: Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century,Queens Museum of Art,New York
Cai Guo-Qiang: Flying Dragon in the Heavens,Humlebaek,Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,Denmark
1994
Concerning Flame,Tokyo Gallery,Tokyo
Cai Guo-Qiang: Chaos,Setagaya Art Museum,Tokyo
Calendar of Life,Gallery APA,Nagoya
Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan-Pacific,Iwaki City Art Museum,Iwaki
1993
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Dragon Meridian,P3 art and environment,Tokyo
Projects for Extraterrestrials No. 14: Horizon--From the Pan Pacific,Project Prospectus,Iwaki
1991
Cai Guo-Qiang: Primeval Fireball--The Project for Projects, P3 Art and environment,Tokyo
1990
Cai Guo-Qiang: Works 1988/89,Osaka Contemporary Art Center,Osaka |
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