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“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.”

Quote by Cai Guo-Qiang

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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. more

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