Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese: 蔡国强; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist who currently lives and works in New York City.
He grew up in a setting where explosions were common, whether they were the result of cannon blasts or celebratory fireworks. He also “saw gunpowder used in both good ways and bad, in destruction and reconstruction”.
He studied stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy from 1981 to 1985. The experience allowed him a more comprehensive understanding of stage practices and a much-heightened sense for theater, spatial arrangements, interactivity, and teamwork.
Cai Guo-Qiang’s practice draws on a wide variety of symbols, narratives, traditions and materials such as fengshui, Chinese medicine, shanshui paintings, science, flora and fauna, portraiture, and fireworks.
Read more about Cai here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrTrKJQnwJs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-QIj7E6CR8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepIRbT6JDc
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Cai Guo-Qiang Drawing with Gunpowder
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Cai Guo-Qiang
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Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese: 蔡国强; born 8 December 1957) is a Chinese artist who currently lives and works in New York City.
He grew up in a setting where explosions were common, whether they were the result of cannon blasts or celebratory fireworks. He also “saw gunpowder used in both good ways and bad, in destruction and reconstruction”.
He studied stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy from 1981 to 1985. The experience allowed him a more comprehensive understanding of stage practices and a much-heightened sense for theater, spatial arrangements, interactivity, and teamwork.
Cai Guo-Qiang’s practice draws on a wide variety of symbols, narratives, traditions and materials such as fengshui, Chinese medicine, shanshui paintings, science, flora and fauna, portraiture, and fireworks.
Read more about Cai here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrTrKJQnwJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-QIj7E6CR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DepIRbT6JDc
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