Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder

April 8–September 3, 2012

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA)

Mystery Circle: Explosion Event for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2012. Realized at The Geffen Contemporary, The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, April 7, 2012, 7:30 pm, approximately 2 minutes. Gunpowder fuse, 40,000 mini rockets, 100 girandolas, 62 Tourbillon Mines. Commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles [Ephemeral]

Photos by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Photos by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Crop Circles
2012
Reeds, plywood board
Approximately 800 x 3600 cm, each panel 90 x 160 cm, 200 panels in total
Commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles

Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Desire for Zero Gravity
2012
Gunpowder on canvas
340.36 x 1066.8 cm

The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Chaos in Nature
2012
Gunpowder on canvas
340.36 x 1422.4 cm

Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

Childhood Spaceship
2012
Gunpowder on paper
400 x 3300 cm
Commissioned by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles

Photo by Joshua White/JWPictures.com, courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.