Cai Guo-Qiang: The Artist's Materials

$40.00 at The Getty Museum.

Rachel Rivenc This groundbreaking book provides the first material study of the celebrated contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, known worldwide for his use of subversive materials, particularly gunpowder.Cai Guo-Qiang (China, b. 1957) is among the most prominent contemporary artists active today. His prolific, diverse creative practice—which includes gunpowder drawings and paintings, explosion events, videos, multimedia installations, and site-specific works—draws on a personal belief system that freely blends…