Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang (b. 1960) is one of the most important Chinese artists to have emerged internationally in the 1990s. Cai is best known for his spectacular gunpowder projects, but he has explored a diversity of media and art forms, including works such as an extension of the Great Wall of China made from fire, designed to be seen from outer space by extraterrestrial beings; feng shui rearrangements of private and public spaces; participatory projects with kits, Jacuzzis, and mini golf courses; a…