Cai Guo-Qiang : Transparent Monument Signed Copy

Cai Guo-Qiang

ISBN 10: 8881586177 / ISBN 13: 9788881586172

Published by Edizioni Charta, Milan, Italy, 2006

About this Item

This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. SIGNED by the artist, Cai Guo-Qiang in ink, on the title-page and inscribed and dated 2006. Also includes a signed letter on Cai Guo-Qiang Studio stationary, addressed to the recipient of the book. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 25, to October 29, 2006. Exhibition co-curated by Gary Tinterow and Anne L. Strauss. Illustrated in color. 11" high X 9" wide, 93 pages. Rare signed. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Seller Inventory # 017218

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cai Guo-Qiang : Transparent Monument Signed Copy
• Publisher: Edizioni Charta, Milan, Italy
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8881586177
• ISBN 13: 9788881586172
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Artist.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Chinese and Japanese Art

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Synopsis

In the Spring of 2006, Cai Guo-Qiang, the Chinese-born, New York-based artist known for his ambitious explosion works and large, theatrical sculptures and installations--his most notorious work, commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art soon after 9/11, was a barrage of exploding fireworks that hovered over the city, showing that 'something used for destruction and terror can also be constructive, beautiful, and healing'--was invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific exhibition in the museum's roof garden. Those four works are featured in-depth here, including a tall glass sculpture surrounded by replicas of dead birds; a stone relief depicting post-9/11 vignettes; a pair of life-sized cast-resin crocodiles pierced with thousands of sharp objects confiscated at airport-security checkpoints; and "Clear Sky Black Cloud," an ephemeral work consisting of an actual black cloud that would hover over the roof garden and then burst into the sky at regular intervals, bleeding afterwards into nothingness.