Not exact matches
The exhibition includes a series of newly commissioned
gunpowder drawings inspired
by Denmark's nature, culture, and history.
But the most important
drawing to enter a Houston museum this year - Cai Guo - Qiang's intricate 10 -
by -160-foot work created with exploding
gunpowder in a 1960s - style happening worthy of Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle and other de Menil favorites, yet infused with the spirituality that was so important to Dominique - was commissioned
by the MFAH.
«Seeking a working method that would bring him «a feeling of freedom», Cai Guo - Qiang experimented with various materials, and in 1989 he unveiled a series of
drawings rendered in
gunpowder, a substance first discovered
by Chinese alchemists in search of the elixir of life for the Emperor and yet used subsequently to kill.
1989 he unveiled a series of
drawings rendered in
gunpowder, a substance first discovered
by Chinese alchemists in search of the elixir of life for the Emperor and yet used subsequently to kill.
The artist and volunteers watch the explosion set off
by the ignition of the
gunpowder drawing, Desire for Zero Gravity.