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Cai Guo-Qiang — Art Shopping Network 電視購畫
Cai Guo-Qiang

Art Shopping Network 電視購畫

Cai Guoqiang's 'Art Shopping Network' is an experimental multimedia work utilizing gunpowder and ink on Japanese paper, complemented by currency bills in a two-part composition mounted on a wooden framed screen. The work playfully critiques consumer culture and the commodification of art through its unconventional materials and presentation.

Medium
gunpowder and ink on Japanese paper, mounted on wooden framed screen, in two parts; gunpowder, ink and currency bills on paper, set of two

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Contemporary Day Auction

April 28, 2022

Estimate: $2,500,000$4,500,000

Lot 574

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Cai Guo-Qiang, Art Shopping Network 電視購畫

Cai Guoqiang's 'Art Shopping Network' is an experimental multimedia work utilizing gunpowder and ink on Japanese paper, complemented by currency bills in a two-part composition mounted on a wooden framed screen. The work playfully critiques consumer culture and the commodification of art through its unconventional materials and presentation.

Medium
gunpowder and ink on Japanese paper, mounted on wooden framed screen, in two parts; gunpowder, ink and currency bills on paper, set of two
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Gunpowder, Explosive, Conceptual, Installation, Mixed Media, Black, Performance, Abstract, Chinese, Contemporary

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