Nature always changes, but the fact of change - or evolution - never does.
Cai Guo-Qiang (b.1957, China) [more Cai Guo-Qiang]

Cai Guo-Qiang - Ascending Dragon. Gunpowder and ink on paper, 240 x 300 cm (1989)

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Cai Guo-Qiang - Imagining the Universe. Gunpowder on paper, 300 x 400 cm (2002)

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Cai Guo-Qiang - Drawing for Transient Rainbow. Gunpowder on two sheets of paper, 454.7 x 405.1 cm (2003)

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Cai Guo-Qiang - Head On. 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass. Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany (2006)

Photo by Hiro Ihara and Mathias Schormann

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We are glade to have workman for this Tumblr Monday to introduce one of his favorite artists: Cai Guo-Qiang. Cai’s spectacular installations such as Inopportune & Head On, the use of gunpowder for his explosion paintings, make him one of the most well-known Chinese artists of our day. Please enjoy!