Cai Guo-Qiang
Subtitle: I want to believe
By: Thomas Krens and Alexandra Munroe.
Contributors: Munroe, Alexandra.; Cai, Guoqiang, 1957-; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.; Zhongguo mei shu guan.; Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum; Thames & Hudson [distributor]; Thames & Hudson [distributor
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780892073719; 9780892073726
Subjects: Cai, Guoqiang, -- 1957- -- Catalogs.; Art, Chinese -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.; Art, Chinese -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Catalogs.; Exhibitions.
Other titles: I want to believe; Cai Guoqiang
Description: "Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition to date of the innovative body of work by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang - best known for his spectacular artworks using gunpowder. It presents a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artist's creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: drawings made from gunpowder fuses and explosive powders laid on paper and ignited; explosion events, documented by videos, photographs, and preparatory drawings; large-scale installations; and social projects, wherein the artist works with local communities to create an art event or exhibitions site, documented by photographs. Featuring works from the 1980s to the present, this volume illuminates Cai's significant formal and conceptual contributions to contemporary international art practices and social activism. Generously illustrated with more than 230 images, this volume includes essays by Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon, and Wang Hui - along with 54 documented plate entries. It is the defining scholarly publication of the artist thus far."--Jacket.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: I want to believe . . . [held at] Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February 22 - May 28, 2008; National Art Museum of China, Beijing, August 18 - September 20, 2008; Guggenheim Museum Biubao, March - September, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-308).