Cai Guo-Qiang: Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century

August 1–October 26, 1997

Queens Museum of Art, New York

Curated by Jan Farver

Cultural Melting Bath: Project for the 20th Century1997. 18 Taihu rocks, hot tub with hydrotherapy jets, bathwater infused with herbs, and pine trees. Installation dimensions variable. Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon

Installation view at Queens Museum of Art, New York, 1997. Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio

Searching for Extraterrestrials
1997
Gunpowder drawing on paper,eight sections; neon elements; kite, fan; tea dispenser for Chinese mushroom tea (ling zhi); video tape, and video projector
Drawing: 300 x 3200 cm overall
Glory Fine Arts Museum

Installation view at the Queens Museum of Art, New York, 1997. 

Photo by Jens Frederiksen and Tatsumi Masatoshi

Trap: Project for the 20th Century
1997
Wood model of PT-109 boat, rattan bird cage, live birds, string, and documents regarding unrealized projects for the Queens Museum of Art
Installation dimensions variable. Model length: 83.82 cm Cage: 71.12 x 68.58 cm
Private collection

Installation view at the Queens Museum of Art, New York, 1997.

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio

Drawing for Oxford Comet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 17
1993
Gunpowder and gunpowder fuse on paper
305 x 403 cm
Private collection

Photo courtesy MoMA Oxford.