Cai Guo-Qiang: Travels in the Mediterranean

June 11, 2010–January 9, 2011

Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice

Travels in the Mediterranean, 2010. Drawing: gunpowder on paper; Pond: water and olive oil. Dimensions variable; Drawing: 300 x 3,200 cm.

Installation view at Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice, 2010. Photo by Muriel Assens, courtesy MAMAC-Nice

Travels in the Mediterranean2010. Gunpowder on paper, 300 x 3200 cm.

Photo by Muriel Assens, courtesy MAMAC-Nice

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 Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, 2010. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.

Wako: Japanese Pirates of the Middle Ages, 1995. Rocks, ink, and ink on paper folding album. Installation dimensions variable.

Installation views at Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, 2010. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.

Exhibition views at Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, 2010. Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.

Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10
1993
Gunpowder and ink on paper, 26-page folding album
55.25 x 988 x 2.54 cm opened
55.25 x 38.2 x 2.54 closed

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Zhang Yuting (b. 1988, Shandong, China; Student at Shanghai Theater Academy)

Study for Travels in the Mediterranean No. 1
2010
Pen on paper, 14-page folding album
54.5 x 763 cm opened
Cai Guo-Qiang Collection

Installation view at Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice, 2010.

Photo by Muriel Assens, courtesy MAMAC-Nice.

Test for Gunpowder Drawing Travels in the Mediterranean
2010
Gunpowder on paper, 24-page folding album
54.5 x 900 cm

Photo courtesy Cai Studio.

Test for Gunpowder Drawing Travels in the Mediterranean
2010
Gunpowder on paper
201.5 x 50 cm
Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain

Photo by Anders Sune Berg, courtesy Faurschou Foundation