Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On

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"Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On" is an exhibition catalogue and monograph documenting the influential Chinese artist’s large-scale, gunpowder-based installations and conceptual works, with a focus on his celebrated piece "Head On."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art book
exhibition catalogue
monograph
about Chinese contemporary art
conceptual art
contemporary art
gunpowder art
installation art
associatedWithExhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On (exhibition) NERFINISHED
associatedWithInstitution Deutsche Guggenheim NERFINISHED
Guggenheim Museum NERFINISHED
contains artist statements by Cai Guo-Qiang
critical analysis of Head On
essays on Cai Guo-Qiang
photographic documentation of installations
countryOfPublication Germany NERFINISHED
criticalReception documents internationally acclaimed work
documentsArtForm performance-related installation
pyrotechnic art
site-specific installation
documentsArtwork Head On (installation) NERFINISHED
gunpowder drawings by Cai Guo-Qiang
large-scale installations by Cai Guo-Qiang
documentsWorkOf Cai Guo-Qiang NERFINISHED
featuresArtist Cai Guo-Qiang NERFINISHED
featuresArtistNationality Chinese
featuresMedium gunpowder
installation
mixed media
focusesOnWork Head On NERFINISHED
genre art monograph
exhibition catalogue
intendedAudience art historians
curators
general art public
students of contemporary art
language English
mainArtworkDepicted installation of running wolves colliding with glass wall
publisher Hatje Cantz NERFINISHED
subjectMatter explosion events in art
political and social themes in contemporary Chinese art
relationship between tradition and modernity in Chinese art
spectacle and violence in art
timePeriodDocumented early 21st century
late 20th century

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