Author: Alexandra Munroe
Title: Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe
Description: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2009. Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780892073726 Clean bright unmarked pages, 2" sellotape repair to front cover next to spine which is noticeably rubbed, wear to cover corners. This catalogue accompanied the most comprehensive exhibition to date [2009] of the innovative body of work of Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang. The catalogue presents a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artists creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: gunpowder drawings made from gunpowder fuses and explosive powders laid on paper and ignited; explosion events, documented by videos, photographs and preparatory drawings; large-scale installations; and social projects, wherein the artist works with local communities to create an art event or exhibition site, documented by photographs. Featuring works from the 1980s to the present, the publication illuminates Cais significant formal and conceptual contributions to contemporary international art practices and social activism. The fully illustrated catalogue features essays by Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon andWang Hui, along with some sixty documented plate 368 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN/EAN: 9780892073726. Inventory No: dscf11730.

Keywords: BZDB229 Art & Design; Cai GuoQiang I Want to Believe Alexandra Munroe


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