Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune

January 21–March 26, 2006

SITE Santa Fe (organized by MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams), Santa Fe, NM

Curated by Laura Heon

Installation view at SITE Santa Fe, 2006. Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.

Inopportune: Stage Two
2004
First realized at MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art)
Nine life-sized tiger replicas, arrows, and mountain stage prop. Tigers: papier-mâché, plaster, fiberglass, resin, and painted hide; arrows: brass, threaded bamboo shaft, and feathers; and stage prop: Styrofoam, wood, canvas, and acrylic paint
Dimensions variable
Collection of Kröller-Müller Museum

Installation view at Shawinigan Space, National Gallery of Canada, Québec, 2006.

Photo courtesy the National Gallery of Canada.

Cai Ruiqin (b. 1935 – d. 2016, Quanzhou, China)

Painting of One Hundred Tigers
1993
Handscroll, ink on paper mounted on silk
45.6 x 670 cm
Cai Guo-Qiang Collection

Installation view at SITE Santa Fe, 2006.

Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.

Tigers with Arrows
2005
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as nine-panel screen
230 x 692 cm overall
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.

Illusion
2004
1 minute 30 seconds
Three-channel video, transferred to DVD
Videography by John Borst; Edited by Lauren Petty
Dimensions variable depending on configuration. 700 cm
Limited DVD edition of 5

1/5 in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum, 2/5 in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, 3/5—5/5 in the collection of the artist

Installation view at SITE Santa Fe, 2006.

Photo by Cai Guo-Qiang, courtesy Cai Studio.

A Car
2005
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as nine-panel screen
230 x 693 cm

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.

Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 3
2004
Gunpowder on paper
75 x 240 cm

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.

Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 2
2004
Gunpowder on paper
240 x 75 cm

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.

Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 1
2004
Gunpowder on paper
240 x 75 cm

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.

Black Fireworks: Project for IVAM
2005
Gunpowder on paper, mounted on wood as 15-panel screen
240 x 1342 cm

Photo by Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio.

Nine Cars
2004
Gunpowder on paper
400 x 600 cm
Private collection

Photo by Kevin Kennefick, courtesy MASS MoCA.