Image: Ignition of gunpowder painting The Spirit of Painting at the Salón de Reinos (Hall of Realms), Madrid, 2017.
Image and video © Museo Nacional del Prado
The Spirit of Painting, 2017. Gunpowder on canvas, 300 x 1800 cm.
Commissioned by Museo Nacional del Prado
© Museo Nacional del Prado
Rise (Qi)
Exhibition view, Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, 2017. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
Day and Night in Toledo
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
260 x 600 cm
Private Collection
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Painting El Greco’s Apostolado, Nos. 8, 9, 6, 3, 10, 7
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
152.5 x 244 cm, each
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
In Search of El Greco No.3
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
122 x 122 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
In Search of El Greco No.6
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
91.5 x 91.5 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
In Search of El Greco No.8
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
91.5 x 91.5 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
In Search of El Greco No.9
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
150 x 150 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Development (cheng)
Exhibition view, Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, 2017. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
The Distant Clouds
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
360 x 300 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Black Ceremony
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 450 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
In Search of El Greco No.4
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
122.3 x 152.5 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
In Search of El Greco No.7
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
122 x 122 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Blue
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
183 x 152.5 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Shift (Zhuan)
Exhibition view, Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, 2017. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
Mountain in Heat
2016
Gunpowder on canvas
239 x 450 cm
Private Collection
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Last Carnival
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
280 x 750 cm
Private Collection
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Shooting
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
360 x 150 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Lust
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
183 x 152.5 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Black Poppy
2016
Gunpowder on canvas, nine panels
152.5 x 1097 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
The Spirit of Painting
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 1800 cm
Commissioned by Museo Nacional del Prado
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Alchemist
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
240 x 200 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Unification (He)
Exhibition view, Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, 2017. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
Salón de Reinos…
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
360 x 600 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Valley in Heat
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 450 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Palmyra
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
240 x 450 cm
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio
Archive Annex
Exhibition view, Museo Nacional Del Prado, Madrid, 2017. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
Classmate
1982
Oil on canvas
78.5 x 49.5 cm
Photo by Ron Amstutz, courtesy Cai Studio
Village by the Mountain
1983
Acrylic on cardstock
39.2 x 32.7 cm
Photo by Ron Amstutz, courtesy Cai Studio
Cai Ruiqin (b. 1935 – d. 2016, Quanzhou, China)
Untitled (Matchbox Drawings)
Unknown
Ink, pen, and pencil on cardboard matchboxes
30.48 x 22.86 cm
Cai Guo-Qiang Collection
Photo courtesy Cai Studio
Cai in Toledo in July 19, 2009
2009
Pen on paper
21.6 x 27.9 cm
Photo courtesy Cai Studio