Cai Guo-Qiang: Head OnFrom The Deutsche Bank Collection |
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Deutsche Bank, in partnership with the National Museum of Singapore, present Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, an exhibition by renowned Chinese-born contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Singapore is the first country in Southeast Asia to host this spectacular group of artwork from the Deutsche Bank Collection. The exhibition consists of three parts: the eponymous installation Head On, where replicas of 99 life-sized wolves, run fearlessly and collide one after another into a glass wall; Illusion II, a two-channel video installation that also documents the explosion project by the same title; and Vortex, a gunpowder drawing depicting hundreds of thousands of wolves chasing one another in a circular motion. Vortex will also be accompanied by a video that features the artist creating the drawing. The installation of the heroic wolves first premiered at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin in 2006 and has since been exhibited in many institutions around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao, the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum before travelling to Singapore. What makes the installation at the National Museum of Singapore unique compared with the work’s previous sites is its presentation in a gallery completely painted in black. Not only does this dramatically complement the wolves’ silvery mane but it also invokes a new way of seeing the piece. About Cai Guo-Qiang Cai Guo-Qiang was born in 1957 in the city of Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China. He initially began working with gunpowder to foster spontaneity and confront the suppression that he felt from the controlled artistic tradition and social climate in China at the time. While living in Japan from 1986 to 1995, he explored the properties of gunpowder in his drawings, which led to the development of his signature explosion events. His large-scale installations, which have drawn upon feng shui, Eastern philosophy, and contemporary social issues as a conceptual basis, utilize a site-specific approach to culture and history that encompasses diverse mediums including drawing, video, and performance art. Cai was awarded the Golden Lion at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, the 7th Hiroshima Art Prize in 2007, and the 20th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2009. He also held the title of Director of Visual and Special Effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In 2008, he was the subject of a large mid-career retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. He has lived in New York since 1995.
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