Cai Guo Qiang: An Interview
2000 | 00:00:00 | United States | English | Color | Stereo
Collection: On Art and Artists, Interviews, Single Titles
Tags: Installation, Sculpture, Visual Art
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Cai Guo-Qiang is a sculptor and installation artist who was born in China and trained in stage design at the Shanghai Drama Institute. He continued his training in Tokyo, where he lived from 1986 to 1995. His conceptual and installation work blend cultures and materials (including tea and gunpowder) to address political, spiritual, and social issues. He draws heavily on his native culture by incorporating herbal medicine, serpents, dragons, and Genghis Khan into his “fleeting” and site-specific works.
His works Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century and Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan comment on the religious, philosophical, and aesthetic differences between the East and the West. He has lived in New York since 1995.
Interview by Christina Carlson, translated by Jennifer Ma.
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