Cai Guo-Qiang
Cai Guo-Qiang (蔡国强)
b. 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China; based in New York
www.caiguoqiang.com
Work in the exhibition
Kyoto Da Vincis, 2015
Installation with seven-story pagoda made of bamboo, 26 robots made by Wu Yulu from the Peasant Da Vincis project, 643 objects created by participants in the Children Da Vincis workshops in Kyoto, video, kites, and propellers
Video by Zhang Keming (Peasant Da Vincis, Shanghai, 2010) and Xia Shanshan (Peasant Da Vincis, Brazil, 2013)
Wu Yulu’s Robot Factory: Cai Guo-Qiang Collection
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Cai Guo-Qiang is internationally renowned for his dynamic, powerful style, characterized by his signature gunpowder drawings and explosion events. Cai lived in Japan from 1986 to 1995, and in 1994, he presented Project for Heiankyō 1,200th Anniversary: Celebration from Chang’an in front of Kyoto City Hall. He then moved to New York, where he has continued to create many works based on various aspects of traditional Chinese culture, such as herbal medicine and feng shui, with his own unique spirit of criticism. His awards include the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1999, the Hiroshima Art Prize in 2007, and the Praemium Imperiale for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts in 2012.
The artist has spent nearly a decade on his ongoing Peasant Da Vincis project, in which he collects pieces such as robots, submarines, and airplanes made by amateur inventors using materials found in their everyday lives. These works are representations of the wildest imagination of Chinese peasants. Part of this project, along with the spin-off project Children Da Vincis and further additions especially for Kyoto, will form the core of Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015.
Only selected Children Da Vincis workshops are listed below. To see all workshops, click here.
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Cai Guo-Qiang, Kyoto Da Vincis, 2015. Installation view at Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art for Parasophia: Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture 2015. Photo by Norimasa Kawata
Mar 07, 2015 13:00-14:30
- Workshop
[Workshop] Cai Guo-Qiang “Kites with Fireworks”
Cai Guo-Qiang
Place: Kyoto Botanical Garden
Feb 17, 2015 10:00-12:00
Cai Guo-Qiang “Children Da Vincis” Project
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Cai Guo-Qiang “Children Da Vincis” Workshop, Feb. 17
Place: Nishikyogoku Nursery School (Kyoto)
Nov 23, 2014 14:00-16:00
Cai Guo-Qiang “Children Da Vincis” Project
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Cai Guo-Qiang “Children Da Vincis” Workshop, Nov. 23
Place: Kyoto Art Center
Sep 20, 2014 14:00-16:00
Cai Guo-Qiang “Children Da Vincis” Project
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Cai Guo-Qiang “Children Da Vincis” Workshop, Sept. 20
Place: Kyoto Art Center
Oct 14, 2013 15:00-17:00
Open Research Program 04
- Talk Event
Open Research Program 04 [Dialogue] Cai Guo-Qiang in Conversation with Akira Asada
Cai Guo-Qiang & Akira Asada
Place: Galerie Aube, Kyoto University of Art and Design
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