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Cai Guo-Qiang — Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks
Cai Guo-Qiang

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)

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

February 11, 2014

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Cai Guo-Qiang, 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)
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark, Gunpowder, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Performance, Provocative, Drawing, Chinese, Ink on Paper, Contemporary

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