Snack Time

 

Photo by Chinyan Wong, courtesy Cai Studio

The Taipei team takes a short break for a delicious meal during a week of preparations for the upcoming show at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.

With Strings Attached

Photos by Phoebe Ford, courtesy Cai Studio.

Members of the Quanzhou Marionette Theater and their marionettes took a look around Cai Studio again today. The Studio had the pleasure of being introduced to the lively characters who will be appearing in the October 21st show at Carnegie Hall. Also, take a look at the video and article by Sinovision and the entry in the Carnegie Hall blog.

Visitors from Quanzhou, China

Photos by Bonnie Huie, courtesy Cai Studio

Yesterday the Studio welcomed the Quanzhou Marionette Theater who share the same hometown, Quanzhou, as Cai Guo-Qiang and his wife. The group is in New York for their upcoming show at Carnegie Hall on October 21st.

A Little Bit of Silliness on China’s 60th National Day

Photos courtesy Cai Studio.

Cai Guo-Qiang, Hong Hong Wu, and Phil Grucci celebrate China’s 60th National Day with cake.

Day and Night: A Public Gunpowder Drawing Event

In anticipation of the upcoming solo exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: Hanging Out in the Museum at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Cai Guo-Qiang will create two new gunpowder drawings: Day and Night and Taroko Gorge. The event is open to the public and will be held on October 17 & 18 at the Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan.

For more information and to see a live broadcast of the event, please look at the exhibition site (in Chinese). The live video broadcast will start streaming on October 16th at 9 PM EST.

Cai Guo-Qiang making a gunpowder drawings for Wind Shadaow, October 1, 2006.
Photos by Liu Chen-hsiang, courtesy ON OFFICE.

Friends from Bilbao

On Friday, the Studio welcomed a group of Guggenheim Bilbao members who had flown in from Spain for a Studio tour. Conversations drifted between Chinese, English, and Spanish.

Cai Guo-Qiang with the Guggenheim Bilbao Friends. Photos by Bonnie Huie, courtesy Cai Studio

Let’s Celebrate Together

Cai Guo-Qiang and his wife, Hong Hong Wu at China's 60th National Day Celebration in Beijing. Photo courtesy Cai Studio