Cai Guo-Qiang: Transparent Monument
Gary Tinterow; David Ross
ISBN 10: 8881586177 ISBN 13: 9788881586172
Published by Charta, 2006
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Language: English - 96 pages - color illustrations - The visitor, emerging from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's historical labyrinth of world civilizations, arrives at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden to breathe in the open sky, enjoy the natural scenery of Central Park and gaze at the heroic Manhattan skyline--all products of our present civilization. From this physical vantage point, history lies behind while the present lies ahead. This book attempts to situate the audience somewhere between history and contemporary culture, mythology and fact, nature and civilization, through the select configuration of four works that address the uneasiness and fragility of our society at present. Clear Sky Black Cloud is a recurring, time-based explosion piece; Transparent Monument, an iconic glass installation; Nontransparent Monument, a series of narrative stone reliefs; and Move Along, Nothing To See Here, a pair of life-sized crocodile sculptures pierced with sharp instruments confiscated at airport security checkpoints. Together, the works create a temporal/spatial dynamic that integrates the museum roof garden's central location and the surrounding city without obstructing its spectacular vistas.
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Title: Cai Guo-Qiang: Transparent Monument
Publisher: Charta
Publication Date: 2006
Binding: Paperback
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Trade Paperback. Condition: New. In the Spring of 2006, Cai Guo-Qiang, the Chinese-born, New York-based artist known for his ambitious explosion works and large, theatrical sculptures and installations--his most notorious work, commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art soon after 9/11, was a barrage of exploding fireworks that hovered over the city, showing that 'something used for destruction and terror can also be constructive, beautiful, and healing'--was invited by The Metropolitan Museum of Art to create a site-specific exhibition in the museum's roof garden. Those four works are featured in-depth here, including a tall glass sculpture surrounded by replicas of dead birds; a stone relief depicting post-9/11 vignettes; a pair of life-sized cast-resin crocodiles pierced with thousands of sharp objects confiscated at airport-security checkpoints; and 'Clear Sky Black Cloud, ' an ephemeral work consisting of an actual black cloud that would hover over the roof garden and then burst into the sky at regular intervals, bleeding afterwards into nothingness. Artwork by Cai Guo-Qiang. Text by Gary Tinterow, David Ross. BEAUTIFUL COPY!!! Seller Inventory # 318505