Thursday 17 November 2011

Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On at National Museum of Singapore 30jul'10


Deutsche Bank, in partnership with the National Museum of Singapore, present Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On, an exhibition by renowned Chinese-born contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Singapore is the first country in Southeast Asia to host this spectacular group of artwork from the Deutsche Bank Collection. The exhibition consists of three parts: the eponymous installation Head On, where replicas of 99 life-sized wolves, run fearlessly and collide one after another into a glass wall; Illusion II, a two-channel video installation that also documents the explosion project by the same title; and Vortex, a gunpowder drawing depicting hundreds of thousands of wolves chasing one another in a circular motion.  Vortex will also be accompanied by a video that features the artist creating the drawing. 
The installation of the heroic wolves first premiered at the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin in 2006 and has since been exhibited in many institutions around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and Bilbao, the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and the Taipei Fine Arts Museum before travelling to Singapore. What makes the installation at the National Museum of Singapore unique compared with the work’s previous sites is its presentation in a gallery completely painted in black. Not only does this dramatically complement the wolves’ silvery mane but it also invokes a new way of seeing the piece. (cr: sagg)





The art of Cai Guo Qiang is really awe. The main reason we coming to National Museum is this "Head On". The rest of pics are from another part of the museum.





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