Features three monumental gunpowder works by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang—reflections on the state of our planet, wildlife, and the world’s diminishing natural reserves of fresh water
Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning features three monumental gunpowder works by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang (born 1957), known for his explosion events, gunpowder paintings, and installations, all using environmentally friendly material.
While Cuyahoga River Lightning: Drawing for the Cleveland Museum of Art (2018) was created especially for the exhibition, the other two exhibited works in monochrome and polychrome gunpowder illustrate the artist’s reflections on the state of our planet, wildlife, and the world’s diminishing natural reserves of fresh water.
Free Admission
2019/05/25 - 2019/09/22
Additional time info:
Tuesdays, June 4 and August 6, 2019, 11:00 a.m.
Wednesdays, July 10 and September 4, 2019, 6:00 p.m.
Explore the exhibition’s gunpowder-ignited works by Cai Guo-Qiang
with Clarissa von Spee, the CMA curator of Chinese art.
Cai Guo-Qiang joins David Stradling, co-author of Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle to Save Cleveland, for a lively discussion of Cai’s art and social and environmental matters in the context of the exhibition.
Moderated by Philip Dodd, award-winning BBC broadcaster, cultural entrepreneur, and former director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106