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Cai Guo-Qiang : Gunpowder Art at the Ashmolean

24 Oct 2019-19 Apr 2020

Ashmolean Museum
Oxford OX1 2PH

Overview

Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang is best known for his gunpowder explosion events staged in public spaces worldwide. This exhibition focuses on the artist's smaller scale works, exploring the presence of Chinese culture in his art through the medium of painting, drawing and gunpowder on canvas, paper and silk.