Cai Guo Qiang «Golden Missile» 1998.

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Cai Guo Qiang, Golden Missile, 1998

«Fireworks are apparition. They appear empirically yet are liberated from the burden of the empirical, which is the obligation of duration; they are a sign from heaven yet artifactual, an ominous warning, a script that flashes up, vanishes, and indeed cannot be read for its meaning.» ~ Theodor W. Adorno.

Cai Guo Qiang, Golden Missile, 1998
Cai Guo Qiang, Golden Missile, 1998
Cai Guo Qiang, Golden Missile, 1998
Cai Guo Qiang, Golden Missile, 1998
Golden Missile Taipei, Taiwan 1998.

While living in Japan from 1986 to 1995 he explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings, leading to the development of his signature explosion events. These projects, while poetic and ambitious at their core, aim to establish an exchange between viewers and the larger universe. «Why is it important,» he asks, «to make these violent explosions beautiful? Because the artist, like an alchemist, has the ability to transform certain energies, using poison against poison, using dirt and getting gold.» ~ Cai Guo Qiang.

sources: caiguoqiang.com, pbs.org

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