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Cai guo qiang art 21. Ai weiwei cao fei and cai guo qiang. Cai guo qiang was born in 1957 in quanzhou city fujian province china and lives and works in new york. Cai guo qiang was first featured by art21 in season 3 2005 of the art in the twenty first century series. Philip tinari began a partnership with art21 in 2009 interviewing artist cao fei in beijing for season 5 2009 of the art in the twenty first century series.

230 x 692 cm 90 9 16 x 272 7 16 in overall. He studied stage design at the shanghai drama institute from 1981 to 1985 and attended the institute for contemporary art. 18 x 50 x 16 feet. Art21 is a celebrated global leader in presenting thought provoking and sophisticated content about contemporary art and the go to place to learn first hand from the artists of our time.

Cai guo qiang was born in 1957 in quanzhou china. A nonprofit organization art21 s mission is to inspire a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Accomplished in a variety of media cai guo qiang began using gunpowder in his work to foster spontaneity and confront the controlled artistic tradition and social climate in china. In his latest feature documentary oscar winning filmmaker kevin macdonald one day in september the last king of scotland has unfettered access to world renowned contemporary artist cai guo qiang.

Cai began to experiment with gunpowder in his hometown quanzhou and continued exploring its properties while living in japan from 1986 to 1995. Production still from the art in the twenty first century season 3 episode power 2005. Cai guo qiang sends art up the river in shanghai doris salcedo janine antoni and cindy sherman receive awards and more in this week s roundup. Cai guo qiang at work on tigers with arrows 2005 at fireworks by grucci brookhaven ny 2005 production still from the art21 art in the twenty first century season 3 episode power 2005.

While living in japan from 1986 to 1995 he explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings leading to the development of his signature explosion events. Reflections on chinese contemporary art. Tinari would again partner with art21 to interview artist ai weiwei in beijing for season 6 2012. Told through the artist s own words and those of family friends colleagues and critics sky ladder traces cai s.

Installation view at freer gallery of art and arthur m. Sackler gallery smithsonian institution washington d c 2005. The national and international studio program at p s 1 contemporary art center long island city. Tigers with arrows detail 2005.

Installation view at cai guo qiang s studio new york ny 2005. He was trained in stage design at the shanghai theatre academy from 1981 to 1985 and his work has since crossed multiple mediums within art including drawing installation video and performance.