Cai Guo-Qiang's Volcanic Art at Mamac Nice
Cai Guo-Qiang, renowned for his gunpowder art and installations, is set to showcase his work at the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice (Mamac) from June 12 to November 28, 2010. Originally from Quanzhou, where he was born in 1957, he moved to Japan in 1986 and currently resides in New York. His creations, deeply influenced by Chinese heritage, seek to connect with audiences worldwide. Among his significant works are 'Inopportune: Stage One' (2004), 'Head On' (2006), and 'Transient Rainbow' (2002). He also designed pyrotechnics for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and has been developing 'Extraterrestrial Projects' since 1989. For the exhibition in Nice, he plans to unveil a new gunpowder drawing and a public explosion performance, in addition to 'Reflection – A Gift from Iwaki'.
Key facts
- Exhibition at Mamac Nice from June 12 to November 28, 2010.
- Cai Guo-Qiang was born in Quanzhou, China in 1957.
- He left China for Japan in 1986 and now lives in New York.
- Inopportune: Stage One (2004) featured exploding cars at MASS MoCA and Guggenheim.
- Head On (2006) at Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin showed wolves crashing into glass.
- Transient Rainbow (2002) was the first fireworks in NYC after 9/11.
- He created pyrotechnics for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
- Melting Bath (1997) became a permanent public bath on Naoshima Island.
Entities
Artists
- Cai Guo-Qiang
- Walter De Maria
- Jean Tinguely
- Anne Malherbe
Institutions
- Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain de Nice (Mamac)
- Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Queens Museum
- Shiseido Gallery
- Seattle Art Museum
- Hiroshima City Museum of Art
- National Art Museum of China
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Fabric Workshop and Museum
- Taipei Fine Arts Museum
- Guggenheim Bilbao
- Fondation Salomon
- Drama Institute of Shanghai
Locations
- Nice
- France
- Quanzhou
- China
- Japan
- New York
- United States
- Tokyo
- Queens
- Berlin
- Germany
- Philadelphia
- Taipei
- Taiwan
- Bilbao
- Spain
- Iwaki
- Naoshima
- Riviera
Sources
- artpress —