Inopportune: Stage One, 2004. Nine cars and sequenced multichannel light tubes. Dimensions variable
Installation view at MASS MoCA, North Adams, 2004. Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio
Inopportune: Stage Two, 2004. First realized at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art)
Nine life-sized tiger replicas, arrows, and mountain stage prop. Tigers: papier-mâché, plaster, fiberglass, resin, and painted hide; arrows: brass, threaded bamboo shaft, and feathers; and stage prop: Styrofoam, wood, canvas, and acrylic paint. Dimensions variable. Collection of Kröller-Müller Museum
Installation view at MASS MoCA, North Adams, 2004. Photo by Kevin Kennefick, courtesy MASS MoCA
Painting of One Hundred Tigers
1993
Handscroll, ink on paper mounted on silk
45.6 x 670 cm
Cai Guo-Qiang Collection
Installation view at Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006.
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio.
2004
Gunpowder on paper
400 x 600 cm
Private collection
Photo courtesy the National Gallery of Canada.
2004
1 minute 30 seconds
Three-channel video, transferred to DVD
Videography by John Borst; Edited by Lauren Petty
Dimensions variable depending on configuration. 700 cm
Limited DVD edition of 5
1/5 in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum, 2/5 in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, 3/5—5/5 in the collection of the artist
Installation view at SITE Santa Fe, 2006.
Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.