print of explosive colours mimicking the shapes and patterns of peonies

Cai Guo-Qiang

Yin-Yang Peonies

€4,400

Edition of 5093.0 (H) × 124.0 (W) cm

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Cai Guo-Qiang distills violence into beauty through his firework and explosion paintings.

All of Cai’s proceeds from this edition will go towards the Cai Foundation which supports emerging artists worldwide.

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Prints can be ordered in frames, float-mounted on backing board.

Medium

Combines pigment print techniques with screenprint on Somerset Satin 410gsm paper.

Authentication

Signed by the artist. Individually numbered and dated.

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Release date

May 01, 2019

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Cai Guo-Qiang4 collaborationsCai Guo-Qiang is a living icon, an Old Master of our time. His pioneering firework events and explosion paintings have brought Cai (and gunpowder) to the summit of the contemporary art world. Cai first experimented with explosives in the 1980s as a young Chinese artist living in Japan. He merged his skill as a painter with the lawless mark of explosion by firing rockets at his canvases and lighting gunpowder from underneath them – a technique he still uses today. Invented in China by ancient alchemists, gunpowder is a symbol of both celebration and destruction. It's an integral part of traditions in Chinese celebration but also evokes the violence of The Cultural Revolution that Cai grew up in. Beyond history, Cai has a spiritual connection to gunpowder: "I do get somewhat nervous, but in the moment of ignition, it seems to go beyond nerves, becoming an energy that is sudden, spiritual and also cosmic. A feeling of the invisible world is sparked within that instant."

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