
Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks
A series of thirteen intimate drawings made by hand using gunpowder and ink on paper, with string and matchsticks incorporated as physical elements. Cai Guo-Qiang employs his signature use of explosive materials in a deeply personal and contemplative format, transforming instruments of ignition into marks of quiet danger. The works exist in a charged tension between creation and destruction, suggesting the fragile threshold between making and unmaking.
- Medium
- gunpowder and ink on paper with string and match sticks (13 drawings handmade by the artist)
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
February 11, 2014
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