Cai Guo-Qiang: Traveler

October 30, 2004–April 24, 2005

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Curated by Kristen Hileman and Debra Diamond

Reflection—A Gift from Iwaki, 2004. Excavated wooden boat and porcelain Installation dimensions variable. Boat: 500 x 500 x 1500 cm. Private Collection

Installation view at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., 2004. Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio

Bigfoot’s Footprints: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 6
1990
Gunpowder and ink on paper, mounted on wood as eight-panel folding screen
200 x 680 cm

Photo by André Morin, courtesy Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain.

Bigfoot’s Footprints: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 6
1990
Gunpowder and ink on paper, 24-page folding album
33 x 318.5 cm opened
San Diego Museum of Art

Photo by Wataru Kai, courtesy Cai Studio.

Tide Watching on West Lake
2004
Gunpowder on paper
403.8 x 304.4 cm
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Escalator: Explosion Project for Centre Pompidou
2003
Gunpowder on paper
300 x 800 cm
Private collection

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Building A Chinese Tower in Paris
2003
Gunpowder on paper
300 x 400 cm
Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Movement Cultivates Vitality
2004
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as five-panel screen
230 x 375 cm
Private collection

Photo by Chris Smith, courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.

Bird of Light
2004
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as five-panel screen
230 x 375 cm
Private collection

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Bird of Light [Unrealized]
2004
Digital rendering

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Out of Desperate Misfortune Comes Bliss
2004
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as two-panel screen
230 x 150 cm
Private collection

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Out of Desperate Misfortune Comes Bliss [Unrealized]
2004
Digital rendering

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Spider Web
2004
Gunpowder on paper
300 x 400 cm
Private collection

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Proposal for Spider Web: Project for the British Museum [Unrealized]
2003
Digital rendering

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Sun Ship
2004
Gunpowder and charcoal on paper
400 x 300 cm
Private collection

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Sun Ship [Unrealized]
2003
Digital rendering

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.