A big-bang legacy
China Daily | Updated: 2013-12-05 07:14
Cai Guoqiang has created a unique body of work over recent decades, characterized by the grandness of their scale and ambition. His installations, gunpowder drawings and "explosion events" have been presented around the world.
Born in 1957 in Quanzhou, Fujian province, he was trained in stage design at the Shanghai Theater Academy from 1981 to 1985.
He began his exploration in gunpowder drawings while living in Japan from 1986 to 1995. He has been based in New York since 1995.
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