Comments on: Art That Goes Bang: Cai Guo-Qiang's Gunpowder Paintings http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 11:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rodney Sanches http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1377791 Rodney Sanches Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1377791 At one of his exhibitions, I was on the "tamping out fire" team and had the honour to extinguish his wife who had lit material fall on her back. The piece at this time was vertical. I was working on a high section with a cloth covered broom. Fun times! At one of his exhibitions, I was on the “tamping out fire” team and had the honour to extinguish his wife who had lit material fall on her back. The piece at this time was vertical. I was working on a high section with a cloth covered broom. Fun times!

]]> By: Marsha Thornton http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376853 Marsha Thornton Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376853 Wow! What an amazing adventure!  The result is very beautiful. Wow! What an amazing adventure!  The result is very beautiful.

]]> By: KaleoK http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376765 KaleoK Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376765 Neither interesting nor beautiful. Neither interesting nor beautiful.

]]> By: funnyandspicy http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376532 funnyandspicy Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376532 I love Cai Guo-Qiang. Recently he created the largest ever daytime ' Explosion Event’ by utilizing microchip-controlled explosives to form incredible designs and patterns with great colours. http://funnyandspicy.com/chinese-artist-cai-guo-qiang-creates-biggest-ever-daytime-explosion-video I love Cai Guo-Qiang. Recently he created the largest ever daytime ‘ Explosion Event’ by utilizing microchip-controlled explosives to form incredible designs and patterns with great colours.
http://funnyandspicy.com/chinese-artist-cai-guo-qiang-creates-biggest-ever-daytime-explosion-video

]]> By: allium http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376437 allium Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376437 He must have learned from one of the Old Masters. He must have learned from one of the Old Masters.

]]> By: Fenrox http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376250 Fenrox Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376250 OMG, that wolf art is SO FUNNY. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!! OMG, that wolf art is SO FUNNY. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!

]]> By: easy mo drew http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376160 easy mo drew Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376160 Great Article! I've always been impressed Cai Guo-Qiang's use of volunteers, what a great way to experience art! He was also in charge of choreographing the firework displays at the Beijing olympics. The Art21 episode "Power" has a great interview with him and is available for free (at least in the US) on their website. http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-power Great Article! I’ve always been impressed Cai Guo-Qiang’s use of volunteers, what a great way to experience art!

He was also in charge of choreographing the firework displays at the Beijing olympics.

The Art21 episode ”Power” has a great interview with him and is available for free (at least in the US) on their website.
http://www.pbs.org/art21/watch-now/episode-power

]]> By: Garrett Eaton http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376105 Garrett Eaton Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376105 I was excited to see the wolf piece when it was at the Guggenheim a few years ago but regret to say that I was very unimpressed in person.  The wolves are sort of close approximations of the real thing, made out of cheap fur in a factory somewhere.  It just sort of felt like a department store installation; I was expecting an awe-inspiring level of craft that would match the concept.  Foolish, I know. I was excited to see the wolf piece when it was at the Guggenheim a few years ago but regret to say that I was very unimpressed in person.  The wolves are sort of close approximations of the real thing, made out of cheap fur in a factory somewhere.  It just sort of felt like a department store installation; I was expecting an awe-inspiring level of craft that would match the concept.  Foolish, I know.

]]> By: Paulson Paalsen http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376094 Paulson Paalsen Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376094  His installation at Mass MOCA of tigers & "exploding" cars still gives me chills: http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=36  His installation at Mass MOCA of tigers & “exploding” cars still gives me chills: http://www.massmoca.org/event_details.php?id=36

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376088 Talia Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376088 I had the opportunity to view his stuff, including the wolf piece, when NY's Guggenheim hosted a retrospective a few years back. Pretty interesting stuff (and the building itself was a great exhibition space for it. One of his installations, a bunch of full-sized white cars with neon lighting, was hanging from the ceiling... very dramatic). Neat to hear about how he puts these larger works together. :) I had the opportunity to view his stuff, including the wolf piece, when NY’s Guggenheim hosted a retrospective a few years back. Pretty interesting stuff (and the building itself was a great exhibition space for it. One of his installations, a bunch of full-sized white cars with neon lighting, was hanging from the ceiling… very dramatic). Neat to hear about how he puts these larger works together. :)

]]> By: Navin_Johnson http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376069 Navin_Johnson Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376069 I've always noticed the sometimes beautiful burn marks that fireworks make on the sidewalk.  Clever to do that, but do it BIG! I’ve always noticed the sometimes beautiful burn marks that fireworks make on the sidewalk.  Clever to do that, but do it BIG!

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376039 Lobster Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376039 I'd like to imagine that on the other end of the wolf thing is a mannequin with a "wolf hose," spraying wolves at things.   I’d like to imagine that on the other end of the wolf thing is a mannequin with a “wolf hose,” spraying wolves at things.  

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376040 Lobster Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376040 That's what she said. That’s what she said.

]]> By: Joel Finkle http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376036 Joel Finkle Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376036 It's beautiful stuff - I ran into it a little over a year ago at the Nice, France Museum of Modern Art. I imagine it's even better to see it being made live -- there's a video of the process running continuously in the gallery. It’s beautiful stuff – I ran into it a little over a year ago at the Nice, France Museum of Modern Art. I imagine it’s even better to see it being made live — there’s a video of the process running continuously in the gallery.

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376035 Noctilucent Studios Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376035 The wolf piece is both beautiful <b>and</b> the stuff of nightmares...... The wolf piece is both beautiful and the stuff of nightmares……

]]> By: Maj Variola http://boingboing.net/2012/03/21/art-that-goes-bang-cai-guo-qi.html#comment-1376007 Maj Variola Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150135#comment-1376007 FYI gunpowder burns, it does not detonate.  It burns faster under pressure, and can rupture containers, but it is not a brisant material. FYI gunpowder burns, it does not detonate.  It burns faster under pressure, and can rupture containers, but it is not a brisant material.

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