Artist Books, Writings, and Statements
1986
“An Important Tactic for Manifesting the Painter’s Concept: A Preliminary Exploration into the Use of ‘Light’ in Expressing the Substance of an Artwork.” Art History and Theory (Beijing) 17 (Spring 1986), pp. 97–99. In Chinese.
1988
Cai Guo-Qiang, with You Jindong. “Painting with Gunpowder.” Leonardo (Cambridge) 21, no. 3 (1988), pp. 251–254. In English.
1989
Cai Guo-Qiang, with Takami Akihiko. “From Beijing.” Bijutsu Techo (Tokyo) 609 (May 1989), pp. 130–132. In Japanese.
Statements. In Gunpowder Paintings of Cai Guo-Qiang, pp. 1–2, 9, 17, 18, 42. Guilin: Lijang Publishing House, 1989. In Chinese and English.
1990
“Cratères de Meteorites.” In Art Chinoise 1990: Chine Demain Pour Hier, pp. 52-55 Exh. cat. Paris: Les Domaines de l’art et Editions Carte Segrete, 1990. In French.
1991
Statements. In Cai Guo-Qiang. Primeval Fireball: The Project for Projects, unpaginated. Exh. cat. Tokyo: P3 art and environment, 1991. In Japanese and English.
1992
Artist book. Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9 “Fetus Movement II.” Osaka: Nomart Editions, Inc., 1992. With essays by the artist, Sakurai Kazuya, Tatsumi Masatoshi, Serizawa Takashi, and Kurabayashi Yasushi. In Japanese and English.
1994
Calendar of Life. Exh. cat. Nagoya: Gallery APA, 1994. In Japanese and English.
“Commentary of Works.” In Chaos: Cai Guo-Qiang, ed. Yuko Hasegawa, unpaginated. Exh. cat. Tokyo and Osaka: Setagaya Art Museum and Nomart Editions Inc., 1994. In Japanese and English.
Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10: Project to Add 10,000 Meters to the Great Wall of China. Tokyo: Atelier Peyotl Col, Ltd., with P3 art and environment, 1994. With essays by the artist, Gao Fu, Moriyama Masamichi, Yamashita Rika, Serizawa Takashi, and Konno Yuichi. Includes English supplement by Serizawa Takashi. In Japanese and English.
“Project for Extraterrestrials No. 20: Raising a Ladder to the Earth.” In Well-Spring: Messages and Revelations by Contemporary Artists to Animate the Ancient City of Bath, pp. 34–35. Exh. cat. Bath: Bath Festival Trust, 1994. In English.
“Promenade.” In Promenade in Asia, unpaginated. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1994. In Japanese and English.
Statements. In Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan-Pacific, pp. 86, 90, 92, 96, 98, 100, 104, 108–109, 115, 120, 124, 126, 128. Exh. cat. Iwaki: Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994. In Japanese and English.
1996
Statements. In de Rode Poort (The Red Gate), pp. 32, 155, 164. Exh. cat. Ghent: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent, 1996. In Dutch and English.
1997
“Heaven’s Secrets.” In Promenade in Asia, p. 50. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Shiseido Corporate Culture Department, 1997. In Japanese and English.
“Placid Earth: A Project for the Meeting of Millennia.” In Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealized Projects, eds. Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa, unpaginated. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje (now Hatje Cantz Verlag), 1997. In English.
1998
“Wild Flights of Fancy.” In Day Dreaming: Cai Guo-Qiang, pp. 4–17. Exh. cat. Taipei: Eslite Gallery (Cherng Piin), 1998. In Chinese and English.
1999
Artist book. Venice’s Rent Collection Courtyard. Vancouver: Annie Wong Foundation, 1999. In English.
“For Tatsumi and his Comrades—A Practical Dream.” In Dreams, eds. Francesco Bonami and Hans Ulrich Obrist, p. 57. Rome: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, 1999. In English.
2000
“In the Words of Cai Guo-Qiang. Slide Lecture on June 20, 1998.” In Remain in Naoshima: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, pp. 150–151. Kagawa Prefecture: Benesse House, 2000. In Japanese and English.
“On the Venice Rent Collection Courtyard.” In Avant-Garde Today (Tianjin) 9 (2000), pp. 75–78. In Chinese.
“Projects for Extraterrestrials.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, ed. Fei Dawei, pp. 138–147. Exh. cat. London: Thames & Hudson and Paris: Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, 2000. Editions in French and English.
2002
“Artist’s Writings.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, eds. Dana Friis-Hansen, Octavio Zaya, and Serizawa Takashi, pp. 121–143. London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2002. In English.
“Dragon Runs.” In Cai Guo-Qiang and Iwaki with His Drawing Works 1980–2002, p. 8. Exh. cat. Iwaki: Cai Guo-Qiang Anthology Project, 2002. In Japanese and English.
Statement. In EV+A 2002—Heroes + Holies, pp. 76–77. Exh. cat. Limerick: EV+A, 2002. In English.
“The Frankness of Collecting Maximov.” In Cai Guo-Qiang, p. 40. Exh. cat. Shanghai: Shanghai Art Museum, 2002. In Chinese.
“To My Friends Beyond the Horizon.” In Cai Guo-Qiang and Iwaki with His Drawing Works 1980–2002, pp. 112–113. In Japanese and English.
2003
Curatorial statement. In Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, p. 89. Exh. cat. Tokyo: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, 2003. In Japanese and English.
2004
“Epilogue.” In Cai Guo Qiang. Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park, unpaginated. Exh. cat. New York: Asia Society and Creative Time, 2004. In English.
“Feng Shui Master and Sheik.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky, ed. Sharmini Pereira, pp. 92–93. London: Albion/Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art Ltd., 2004. In English.
“Letter to the Children of Siwa.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky, pp. 38–39.
Statement. In The Snow Show, pp. 24–25. Exh. cat. Rovaniemi: Rovaniemi Art Museum, 2004. In Finnish and English.
“Tatsumi and His Ball.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky, pp. 70–71.
2005
Cai Guo-Qiang, ed. Cai Guo-Qiang. Taipei: Artist Publishing Co., 2005. With essays by Fei Dawei, Gao Minglu, Ni Tsai-chen, and Lilian Tone, and an interview with Jennifer Wen Ma. In Chinese.
“Dear Young Artist.” Art on Paper (New York) 9, no. 6 (Jul./Aug. 2005), pp. 12, 40. In English.
“Influence: Today and Tomorrow.” ArtAsiaPacific Almanac (New York) no. 1 (2005–6), p. 111. In English.
“People’s Republic of China: Virgin Garden: Emersion.” In 51. International Art Exhibition: Participating Countries, Collateral Events, pp. 106–109. Exh. cat. Venice: Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia, 2005. Editions in Italian and English.
Statement. In Cai Guo-Qiang, unpaginated. Exh. cat. Warsaw: Zacheta National Gallery of Art, 2005. In Polish and English.
2006
“A Letter to Friends in the Media on the Eve of the BMoCA Opening.” In Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island: A Permanent Sanctuary for Art in a Demilitarized Zone, p. 158. Exh. cat. Taipei: Kinmen County Government, 2006. Editions in Chinese and English.
“Curatorial Concept.” In Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island, pp. 7–8.
“Excerpts from the Curator Speeches at the Opening Ceremony, Sept. 11, 2004.” In Bunker Museum of Contemporary Art, Kinmen Island, pp. 159–161, 163.
“Master’s Program in Contemporary Art Curriculum (Proposal).” Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art (Taipei) 5, no. 3 (Sept. 2006), pp. 73–74. In English.
“Speaking of Wind Talking of Shadow: Glimpsing the Basic Concept of Wind Shadow from Letters Exchanged between Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min.” In Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow, pp. 97–104. Exh. cat. Taipei: Eslite Gallery (Cherng Piin), 2006. In Chinese and English.
Statement. In Jennifer Wen Ma: Aeolian Garden, pp. 18, 21. Exh. cat. San Gimignano and Siena: Associazione Arte Continua and Gli Ori, 2006. In Italian and English.
Statement. In Shu: Reinventing Books in Contemporary Chinese Art, ed. Wu Hung and Peggy Wang, pp. 26–27. Exh. cat. New York: China Institute in America, 2006. In Chinese and English.
“Three More Sentences.” In Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow, pp. 15–17.
2007
“Depth Perspective on Definition and Expression.” In Distance, ed. Koji Yoshida, pp. 118–121. Tokyo: Infas Publications Inc., 2007. In Japanese and English.
2008
“Reply to the Olympics Controversy.” Artnet Magazine, Aug. 19, 2008, www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/guo-qiang/guo-qiang8-19-08.asp. In English.
Statements (excerpted from an interview with Alexandra Munroe). In Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, pp. 285–299. New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2008. With essays by Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon, and Wang Hui. In English.
Statements (excerpted from an interview with Alexandra Munroe). Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, pp. 291–305. Beijing: The People’s Press, in association with CICE and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 2008. With essays by Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon, and Wang Hui. In Chinese.
2009
Artist book. Cai Guo-Qiang: This is What I Think. Taipei: INK Literary Monthly Publishing Co., Ltd., 2009. In Chinese.
Artist book. Here Comes Cai Guo-Qiang! Taipei: Eslite Corporation, 2009. In Chinese.
“On Explosions.” Meta Magazine, Aug. 18, 2009. www.meta-magazine.com/index.php?id=31. In English.
Statements (excerpted from an interview with Alexandra Munroe). Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe, pp. 289–303. Bilbao: Guggenheim Bilbao, 2009. With essays by Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon, and Wang Hui. In Spanish.
Statement. In The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2009, p. 102. Exh. cat. Fukuoka: Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, 2009. In Japanese and English.
2010
“A Little About Me and Peasant Da Vincis.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Peasant Da Vincis. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010, pp. 17-25. In Chinese and English.
Artist book. Cai Guo-Qiang: This is What I Think. Guilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2010. In Chinese.
Statements. In Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms, ed. Amy Wilkins. Exh cat. Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2010, pp. 99, 117, 141. With essays by Carlos Basualdo, Marion Boulton Stroud, David Elliott, and Mingxian Wang. In English.
Statements. In Kiki Smith: Color Still. Pistoia: Gli Ori, UMoCA, 2010, p. 15. In Chinese, English, and Italian.
“Wild Flights of Fancy, 1998.” In Wu Hung. Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2010, pp. 260-266. In English.
2011
“Artist Statement.” In Cai Guo-Qiang 1040M Underground, eds. Christopher Makos and Peter Wise. Exh. cat. Donetsk: Izolyatsia. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, 2011, pp. 50-51. In English.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Every Gunpowder Drawing Inspires the Next One.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 243 (Mar. 2011), p. 48. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Stories between Iwaki and Me.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 249 (May. 2011) pp. 48-49. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: 1040M Underground.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 261 (Sept. 2011), pp. 58-59. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Going back to My Hometown after Traveling for A Thousand Years.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 267 (Nov. 2011), pp. 64-67. In Chinese.
2012
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Going back to My Hometown After Traveling for A Thousand Years, Part II.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 273 (Jan. 2012), pp. 44-47. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Indeed, I’m Lucky.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 279 (Mar. 2011), pp. 50-54. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Sky Ladder and its Exhibition – Ladder to the Sky.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 267 (May. 2011), pp. 54-55. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Resting on West Lake.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 291 (Jul. 2011), pp. 62-63. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: A Clan of Boats.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 297 (Sept. 2012), pp. 62-63. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: A Master Like Rembrandt.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 303 (Nov. 2012), pp. 66-68. In Chinese.
“Ninety-Nine Tales. Curious Journey through the Real and Unseen Worlds.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Ladder to the Sky, ed. Jeffrey Deitch, pp. 84–185. Exh. cat. New York: Prestel, 2012. In English.
2013
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Awards and Catastrophe.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 307 (Jan. 2013), pp. 52-55. In Chinese.
“Cai Guo-Qiang’s Blog on Paper: Cai Guo-Qiang with Frank Gehry.” Bazaar Art (Beijing) no. 310 (Mar. 2013), pp. 130-133. In Chinese.
“Sixty-Three Narratives on Boats.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: A Clan of Boats, pp. 136-202. Exh. cat. Copenhagen: Faurschou Foundation, 2013. In English.
2014
“A Story Between Children and a Child Who Never Grew Up.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth, pp. 138-153. Exh. cat. South Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, 2014. In English.
2016
“Talk Talk What About the Art.” In What About the Art? Contemporary Art from China, pp. 14-35. Cuilin: Guangxi Normal University Press, 2016. In English and Chinese.
“Talk Talk My Stories of Painting.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: My Stories of Painting, pp. 23-140. Exh. cat. Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 2016. In English and Dutch.
2017
“A Boy’s October.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: October, pp. 10-29. Exh. cat. Moscow: ABCdesign, 2017. In English and Russian.
“Ramblings About Painting.” In The Spirit of Painting. Cai Guo-Qiang at the Prado, pp. 61-84. Exh. cat. Madrid: Museo Nacional del Prado Difusión, 2017. Editions in English, Spanish, and Chinese.
2018
“Talk Talk My Loss of Direction.” In Flora Commedia: Cai Guo-Qiang at the Uffizi, pp 60-81. Exh. cat. Florence: Giunti Editore S.p.A., 2018. Editions in English, Italian, and Chinese.
2019
“Shadow of the Empire.” In Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape, pp. 38-55. Exh. cat. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 2019. In English.
“In the Volcano, I.” In Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii: In the Volcano, pp. 58-69. Exh. cat. Silvana: Cinisello Balsamo, 2019. Edited by Jérôme Neutres. Editions in English, Italian, and Chinese.