Cai Guo-Qiang: October

September 13–November 12, 2017

Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Creation of Cai Guo-Qiang: October, 2017. Video documentation. Directed by Shanshan Xia; produced by 33 Studio Limited, © Cai Studio.
Photo by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio.

Autumn
2017
Strollers, cribs, baby beds, birch trees
Approximately 23 m wide x 15 m depth x 15 m
high

Installation view at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2017.
Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

The Sound
2017
Gunpowder on silk
4.7 x 20 m

Installation view at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2017.
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.

The White Hall

Exhibition view, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2017. Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Garden
201
Gunpowder on canvas
3 x 20 m

Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

River
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
3 x 20 m

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Land
2017
Reeds, plywood board, reflective polymer film
Crop circle: Approximately 800 x 1980 cm, each panel 90 x 160 cm, 110 panels in total
Reflective polymer film: 800 x 2000 cm

Installation view at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2017.
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.

Kite
2017
Japanese tissue paper, bamboo, cotton string, and electric fan

Installation view at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2017.
Photo by Tatsumi Masatoshi, courtesy Cai Studio.

Exhibition view, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2017. Photos by Yvonne Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio.

Gunpowder Test in Moscow
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
120 x 120 cm

Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Color Gunpowder Test in Moscow
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
120 x 120 cm

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Malevich and Red Star Over Red Square
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
120 x 480 cm

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Study for Garden created in Moscow
2017
Gunpowder on canvas
120 x 600 cm

Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Selfie in Front of Kramskoi’s Painting (Study for River)
201
Gunpowder on canvas
120 x 120 cm

Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

Cai Guo-Qiang: October, Daytime fireworks on Red Square
2017
7 minutes and 23 seconds
Animated video

Installation view at The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2017.
Photo courtesy The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts