Cai Guo-Qiang at the Guggenheim

Posted: 03/02/08
Duration: 4:00
Producer: NewArtTV
Views: 15328

Cai Guo-Qiang, whose main medium is gunpowder (and whose works on paper and canvas fetch millions), gets a mid-career survey at the Guggenheim. Some of the pyrotechnics are wow-provoking, but the firework-induced images and the sculptural installations can seem facile and devoid of much emotional or intellectual substance.

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