A 'Fight Between Control and Utter Freedom': Artist Cai Guo-Qiang Reflects on His Mind-Blowing Fireworks 'Paintings'
The legendary Chinese artist created a rapturous daytime fireworks display to herald his major new survey show in Tokyo.
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The legendary Chinese artist created a rapturous daytime fireworks display to herald his major new survey show in Tokyo.
Singapore was also a hotbed of creativity in the Sixties, though its art scene at the time is sadly under-documented. “Several artists were experimental and bold and forced audiences to rethink their ideas and understanding of what art can or should be,” says Charmaine Toh, a curator at the National Gallery Singapore. Only recently did the gallery rediscover the first known examples of land art from the city—a series of works by performance artist Tang Da Wu. One piece, Gully Curtains, hadn’t been unpacked since the Eighties. Wu was concerned to see Singapore’s landscape increasing...
2020/12/31 14:43 Cai Guo-qiang and HTC Vive Arts launch VR fireworks. (Cai Studio photo) Cai Guo-qiang and HTC Vive Arts launch VR fireworks. (Cai Studio photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-qiang's (蔡國強) new exhibition featuring a virtual reality collaboration with Taiwan's HTC VIVE Arts kicked off at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Dec. 15, according to a press release from Eslite Gallery. Born in 1957, Cai Guo-qiang currently lives and works in New York City. He is famous for using gunpowder as an ...