Saturday, December 12, 2009

"Fallen Blossoms" by Cai Guo-Qiang



Yesterday afternoon, I took a walk down to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, to see Cai Guo-Qiang's gunpowder explosion drawing, "Fallen Blossom," which took place at sunset. It was pretty impressive. In case you're unfamiliar with the artist, he's world renowned for his gunpowder drawings and firework displays. He had a retrospective at the Guggenheim New York last year and he was responsible for the fireworks at the opening ceremony for the Olympics in Beijing.