Cai Guo-Qiang <br/> born Quanzhou 1957, New York 1995 –<br/> <em>Murmuration (Landscape)</em> 2019 (detail)<br/> 鸟云<br/> porcelain, gunpowder<br/> dimensions variable<br/> Realised in Dehua, Fujian province and Melbourne, commissioned by the NGV <br/> Proposed acquisition <br/> Photo © Tobias Titz<br/> © Cai Guo-Qiang

Cai Guo-Qiang: China’s Enduring Philosophical Traditions in Contemporary Form



Cai Guo-Qiang <br/> born Quanzhou 1957, New York 1995 –<br/> <em>Murmuration (Landscape)</em> 2019 (detail)<br/> 鸟云<br/> porcelain, gunpowder<br/> dimensions variable<br/> Realised in Dehua, Fujian province and Melbourne, commissioned by the NGV <br/> Proposed acquisition <br/> Photo © Tobias Titz<br/> © Cai Guo-Qiang
Past program

NGV International

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Ground Level

NGV curator Wayne Crothers introduces audiences to a selection of Cai Guo-Qiang’s works, including the monumental installation of 10,000 suspended porcelain birds, which creates a three-dimensional impression of a calligraphic drawing.

Speaker
Wayne Crothers, Senior Curator, Asian Art, NGV

Sat 25 May, 12–12.30pm (Past)

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Sun 26 May, 3–3.30pm (Past)

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