
Life Beneath the Shadow: The Brahan Seer
2005
A dramatic and explosive composition created through Cai Guo-Qiang's signature gunpowder technique, where controlled detonations leave scorched, smoldering marks across paper infused with ink. The resulting imagery evokes the mystical visions of the legendary Scottish prophet Kenneth Mackenzie, known as the Brahan Seer, with dark, turbulent clouds of ash and soot suggesting prophetic darkness and the unknowable future. The volatile nature of the medium mirrors the tension between destruction and revelation, echoing the Seer's tragic gift of foresight.
- Medium
- gunpowder and ink on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale
November 27, 2016
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