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Artist at Work

Cai Guo-Qiang

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  1. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  2. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  3. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  4. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  5. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  6. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  7. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  8. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  9. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  10. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  11. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  12. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  13. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  14. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  15. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  16. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  17. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  18. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  19. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  20. Cai Guo-Qiang at work on "Tigers with Arrows" (2005) at Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, NY
    2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    © ART21, Inc. 2005

  21. "Tigers with Arrows"
    detail
    2005
    Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as nine-panel screen
    230 × 692 cm (90 9/16 × 272 7/16 in.) overall

    Installation view at Cai Guo-Qiang's studio, New York, NY, 2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    Photo © ART21, Inc. 2005

  22. "Tigers with Arrows"
    detail
    2005
    Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as nine-panel screen
    230 × 692 cm (90 9/16 × 272 7/16 in.) overall

    Installation view at Cai Guo-Qiang's studio, New York, NY, 2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    Photo © ART21, Inc. 2005

  23. "Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky: Two Eagles"
    2004
    Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as six-panel screen
    230 × 465 cm (90 9/16 × 183 1/16 in.) overall

    Installation view at Cai Guo-Qiang's studio, New York, NY, 2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    Photo © ART21, Inc. 2005

  24. "Nine Cars"
    2004
    Gunpowder on paper
    400 × 600 cm (157 1/2 × 236 1/4 in.)

    Installation view at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, 2005

    Production still from the ART21 "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 3 episode, "Power," 2005

    Photo © ART21, Inc. 2005

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