Cai Guo-Qiang (Contemporary Artists) |
 enlarge | Author: Dana Hansen
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 299593
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 9.8 x 0.9
ISBN: 0714840750
Dewey Decimal Number: 709.2
EAN: 9780714840758
ASIN: 0714840750
Publication Date: April 17, 2002
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Product Description
Cai Guo-Qiang is one of the most important Chinese artists to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. Best known for his spectacular firework projects at locations ranging from museum entrances to the sites of land art works such as Robert Smithson's "Sprial Jetty", Cai has explored a diversity of media and artforms. These have included works such as an extension to the Great Wall of China, designed to be seen from outer space by extraterrestrial beings; feng shui arrangements of private living spaces both in Japn and New York; participatory projects with kites, jacuzzis and mini golf courses, and sculptures constructed from melted-down cars or abandoned boats. His projects are strongly influenced by their location and the works are frequently altered or developed as they are exhibited at new sites. Unifying Cai's wide-ranging work is his consistent investigation of humanity's place within the universe.
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A pride to own May 6, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book contains a great many quality photos of Cai Guo-Qiang amazing, breath-taking works, and also includes an informative introduction and transcripts of a some interesting interviews with the artist. A lovely book.
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