Installation views at Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006. Photos courtesy the National Gallery of Canada.
Inopportune: Stage One
2004
Nine cars and sequenced multichannel light tubes
Dimensions variable
Installation view at Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006.
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio.
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 Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006.
Photo courtesy the National Gallery of Canada.
2005
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as nine-panel screen
230 x 692 cm overall
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.
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.
Black Fireworks: Project for IVAM
2005
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as 15-panel screen
240 x 1342 cm
Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.
2004
Gunpowder on paper
400 x 600 cm
Private collection
Photo courtesy the National Gallery of Canada.
Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 2
2004
Gunpowder on paper
240 x 75 cm
Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.
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.
Reflection—A Gift from Iwaki, 2004. Excavated wooden boat and porcelain Installation dimensions variable. Boat: 500 x 500 x 1500 cm. Private Collection.
Installation views at Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006. Photos courtesy the National Gallery of Canada.
2005
Carpet and 500 arrows. Arrows: bamboo, bronze and feather; carpet set in resin
250 x 150 cm
MARTa Herford
Installation view at Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006.
Photo by Kazuo Ono, courtesy Cai Studio.
2001
Oil on canvas
76 x 61 cm
Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.