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Cai Guo-Qiang / Rachel Rivenc ; with a preface by Cai Guo-Qiang ; and contributions by Vincent Dion, Michael Doutre.
Fine Arts Library N7349.C35 R58 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rivenc, Rachel
- Series:
- Artist's materials
- The artist's materials
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cai, Guoqiang, 1957-.
- Cai, Guoqiang.
- Artists' materials--Analysis.
- Artists' materials.
- Gunpowder as art material.
- Art--Technique.
- Art.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 148 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, [2025]
- Summary:
- "A discussion of the art, materials, and techniques of contemporary Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, well known for his subversive use of materials, especially his signature material, gunpowder"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Impressions of a life
- The path to individual expression
- Firecrackers, gunpowder, and fireworks
- Making art with gunpowder
- Variable and ephemeral material
- Conservation challenges in Cai's work.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781606069493
- 1606069497
- OCLC:
- 1484822963
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