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Cai Guo-Qiang by Christine Starkman, Susan Stewart, Cai Guo-Qiang, (ISBN: 9780300179613)
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Cai Guo-Qiang Hardcover - 2012
by Christine Starkman, Susan Stewart, Cai Guo-Qiang,
From the publisher
This commemorative book traces the creation of "Odyssey," a monumental work by internationally acclaimed artist Cai Guo-Qiang (b. 1957). Best known for his innovative "explosion projects," Cai arranged, then ignited, gunpowder to produce a massive Chinese-style landscape across forty-two wood panels, which are now permanently installedat the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Cai produced "Odyssey" with the help of more than one hundred volunteers over five days in October 2010. Photographs documenting the process demonstrate Cai's working methods and the level of community involvement. Accompanying essays analyze "Odyssey" as a singular work of art, as a portal to the gallery and its other artworks, and as a collaboration among the artist, museum, and communities in Houston. Moreover, this breathtaking work offers a fresh way forviewers to encounter ancient and contemporary Chinese art."Details
- Title Cai Guo-Qiang
- Author Christine Starkman, Susan Stewart, Cai Guo-Qiang,
- Binding Hardcover
- Language ENG
- Publisher Museum Fine Arts Houston
- Date 2012-08
- ISBN 9780300179613
About the author
Christine Starkman is curator of Asian art, ancient to contemporary, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Cai Guo-Qiang is a world-renowned contemporary artist. Susan Stewart is a poet and critic, and is currentlyAvalon Foundation University Professor in the Humanities and Director of theSociety of Fellows in the Liberal Artsat Princeton University."
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