Fallen Blossoms: Explosion Project, 2009. Realized at Philadelphia Museum of Art, December 11, 2009, 4:30 p.m., 60 seconds. Gunpowder fuse, metal net for gunpowder fuse, scaffolding. Explosion area (building facade) approximately 18.3 x 26.1 meters. Commissioned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art [Ephemeral]
Photo by Lonnie Graham, courtesy The Fabric Workshop and Museum.
Exhibition views at the Philadelphia Museum of Art , 2009. Courtesy the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2007
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as six-panel screen
230 x 462 cm
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.
Light Passage—Summer
2007
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as five-panel screen
230 x 385 cm
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.
2007
Gunpowder on paper
400 x 600 cm
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.
2007
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as six-panel screen
230 x 462 cm
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.
2002
First realized at The Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo, Kobe, Japan (2002)
Gold
Dimensions variable
Installation view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2009.
Courtesy the Philadelphia Museum of Art: photo by Jason Wierzbicki.
Time Flies Like a Weaving Shuttle, 2009-2010. 20 tapestries created on site by five artisan Tujia weavers in residence: Li ChengFeng, Li QiuMei, Li DaiQin, Liang AiXiu, Ye JuMei, five wooden weaving looms, wool and cotton yarn, audio, and a bulletin board with photographs and documents relating to Tujia culture and the weavers. Dimensions variable.
Photo by I-Hua Lee, courtesy Cai Studio.
Time Scroll, 2009. Stainless steel panels, water, pumps, plastic hose, silk charmeuse, gunpowder, audio narration by Marion Boulton Stroud, and video of gunpowder drawing process. Dimensions variable. River: approximately 40.5 meters long, 1.5 meter wide. [Artwork Not Extant]
Photo by I-Hua Lee, courtesy Cai Studio.