Elegy, 2014. Daytime fireworks realized on the riverfront of the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, August 8, 5:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., approximately 8 minutes. Commissioned by the Power Station of Art, Shanghai [Ephemeral]
First Floor
The Ninth Wave sailing on the Huangpu River by the Bund, Shanghai, 2014. Photo by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
2014
Installation incorporating 99 life-sized replicas of animals, wooden fishing boat, one white flag, electric fan
1700 x 455 x 580 cm
Commissioned by the Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Installation view at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photo by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio
2014
Concrete fragments, steel bars, insulation, water pump, pond: 20,000 liters of black ink
Pond: 250 square meters
Commissioned by the Power Station of Art, Shanghai
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio
2014
Gunpowder on paper
300 x 400 cm
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio
2014
3 baby dolls, motorized swing set
Dimensions variable
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio
2013
Gunpowder on paper
1800 x 400 cm
Commissioned by Banco do Brasil
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio
2014
Site-specific installation for interactive activities: multimedia tablets, headphones, LCD monitors, furniture, paper templates, various craft materials
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Based on Let’s Create an Exhibition with a Boy Named Cai, originally commissioned by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Children’s Art Centre with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation for the exhibition Falling Back To Earth (2013)
Second Floor
The Bund Without Us, 2014. Gunpowder on paper, 400 x 2700 cm. Commissioned by the Power Station of Art, Shanghai. Bao Long Art Museum.
Photo by Lin Yi, courtesy Cai Studio.
Head On
2006
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall. Wolves: gauze, resin, and hide
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG
Benesse Art Site Naoshima Collection
Installation view at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2009.
Photo by Erika Barahona-Ede, ©FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, 2009
2006
9 minutes and 2 seconds, loop
Two-channel video installation
Installation dimensions variable
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio
2011
32 minutes 50 seconds
Bedouin carpets, Sadou cushions, video projection. Videography and editing by Zhang Keming
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio
2014
Seventy-seven sketches with pen and pencil on paper
Dimensions variable
Power Station of Art
Installation views at the Power Station of Art, Shanghai, 2014.
Photos by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, 2014 Gunpowder on porcelain. Suite of 4 panels, 240 x 300 cm each; 240 tiles, 40 x 30 cm each. Commissioned by the Power Station of Art, Shanghai. Photo by Zhang Feiyu, courtesy Cai Studio.
Spring
2014
Gunpowder on porcelain
240 x 300 cm
Photos by Daxin Wu, courtesy Cai Studio
Summer
2014
Gunpowder on porcelain
240 x 300 cm
Photos by Daxin Wu, courtesy Cai Studio
Fall
2014
Gunpowder on porcelain
240 x 300 cm
Photos by Daxin Wu, courtesy Cai Studio
Winter
2014
Gunpowder on porcelain
240 x 300 cm
Photos by Daxin Wu, courtesy Cai Studio
Timeline, 2014. Installation incorporating artworks, artifacts, photographs and ephemera. Dimensions variable.
Photo by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
2014
Gunpowder on paper
306 x 202 cm
Donated to ACC
Photo by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.
2014
Gunpowder on paper
76.5 x 40 cm
Private collection
Photo by Wen-You Cai, courtesy Cai Studio.