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Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang Books

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Cai Guo-Qiang, born on December 8, 1957, in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, is an internationally renowned contemporary artist. His works, which use gunpowder as a medium, blend painting, sculpture, installation, and performance art, exploring dialogues between tradition and modernity, and the East and the West.

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“Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.”

People Way Giving Computer One Way Gravity Animation Computer Animation

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“For me it's really important that the work here displays an aesthetic of decay along with the sunken boat with the broken ceramic pieces. They form a unity in showing the power of destruction, the beauty of destruction, whether it's from nature - because the boat has sunk - or through other forces. It's really the beauty of decay and death that holds a power here.”

Important Form Force Pieces Broken Destruction Unity Boat Aesthetic Display Decay Ceramics

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“Be Careful Of Books. Be Careful With Books. Be Careful Or One Can Become A Weapon-Wielder. Be Careful Or One Can Become The Victim.”

Book Weapons Victim Careful Be Careful

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.”

Children Facts Brave Coward

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“My work is like a dialogue between me and unseen powers, like alchemy.”

Dialogue Unseen Alchemy

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“Even though Chinese society was really closed, there were two windows for me to explore the world. One was from my mother and grandmother, the unseen and invisible world. Another window was brought from my father's side, those classic and Western books.”

World Two Book Mother Father Sides Window Western Invisible Chinese Classic Grandmother Unseen Mother And Grandmother

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your essence you remain a nomad or a soldier facing a difficulty to be overcome.”

Kind Done Artist Influence Essence Overcoming Difficulty Soldier Things Done Good Place Nomad Influence And Power

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“In any country, in any city, there will be political influence on what is said, what kind of images are to be projected and, yes, of course artists can be and are influenced by politicians.”

Kind Said Country Political Artist Courses Cities Influence Politician Political Influence

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“When I was young, I didn't want to do traditional painting and calligraphy. I deliberately wanted to separate from my father so I could feel I existed myself.”

Want Feels Wanted Young Father Painting Traditional Calligraphy

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

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Born: December 8, 1957
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 9

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