Cai Guo-Qiang – 1040M Underground 

August 27–November 13, 2011

IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Donetsk

Monuments on Shoulders, 2011. Gunpowder on canvas, coal, crystallized salt and mining lamps. Installation dimensions variable; drawings: 300 x 200 cm. Commissioned by IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives

Installation view at IZOLYATSIA, Donetsk, 2011. Photo by Andrey Parahin, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Sergey Razduvaev
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Aleksey Kuznetsov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Vladimir Chistyakov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Vladimir Klimenko
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Sergey Slenko
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Anatoly Doroshev
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Alexander Lukanov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Alexander Troitsky
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Alexander Trubka
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Vasily Gospodarets
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Aleksey Dotsenko
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Alexander Shishka
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Alexander Bondarev
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Sergey Marets
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Vladimir Tonkonog
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Sergey Anpilov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Konstantin Pavlov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Ivan Skrypnik
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Dinitry Kaluzky
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Sergey Kovalenko
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Sergey Korobov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Denis Novoselov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Artem Panasenko
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Eduard Shapoval
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Andrey Kolotov
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Salt Miner Mikhail Shranik
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Monuments on Shoulders: Coal Miner Constantin Batura
2011
Gunpowder on canvas
300 x 200 cm

Photo by Dima Sergeev, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.

Nursery Rhymes, 2011. Used mining carts, collected Soviet era objects, projected Soviet era films. Dimensions variable. IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives [Artwork Not Extant]

Installation view at IZOLYATSIA, Donetsk, 2011. Photo by Andrey Parahin, courtesy IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives.