At 8:00 p.m. on June 29, the daytime fireworks work "Cherry Blossom Full Day" brought by the well-known contemporary artist Cai Guoqiang premiered in Tiao Yin and PICO on time. More than 7 million people poured into the @ Cai Guoqiang Dithering Studio to enjoy the brilliant summer fireworks. On the same day, Cai Guoqiang's first online solo exhibition, "Universe Tour - Starting from the" Original Fireball ", was also officially launched. From now on to August 21, netizens searched for "Cai Guoqiang Online Exhibition" in Diaoyin, and could watch the exhibition online at home to experience the rich creativity and bright inspiration of artists.
Cai Guoqiang is one of the internationally famous contemporary artists. His solo exhibitions are all over the world's top museums, such as the Palace Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of New York. For decades, he took oriental philosophy and contemporary social problems as the foundation of his work concept, creatively used gunpowder as the art medium, and created large-scale works such as gunpowder paintings, installation art, and outdoor blasting projects. With the power of art and powerful visual works, he is known around the world, and is called "the nearest artist to aliens" by the media.
"3, 2, 1, ignite", with a call, Cai Guoqiang's fireworks blasting performance officially kicked off. One after another, fireworks rose up from the ground, sometimes drawing a wide "black and white wave wall" in the air, sometimes forming a towering huge monument, sometimes turning into cherry blossoms all over the sky, and then like a pink cloud, going with the wind...... "It's too beautiful", "a real fireworks master", "The teacher's work is in the creation of ideal and romantic", in the studio, Netizens who were shocked by the scene of fireworks explosion praised and left messages to express their love for the "fire playing" master and his works of art.
It is reported that Iwaki, Japan, the place where fireworks were exploded during the day, had suffered from a major earthquake, tsunami and nuclear leakage. In the live broadcast, Cai Guoqiang introduced the original intention of this daytime fireworks creation - that is, to mourn the passing of life, but also to express human reverence for nature. The final blooming of cherry blossoms symbolizes dreams and hopes. He also told netizens that non-toxic and biodegradable materials were used throughout the fireworks display, and the staff would carefully clean up the scene after the display, truly achieving ecological and environmental protection.
In the following live broadcast, Cai Guoqiang also explained to netizens the journey of daytime fireworks and the story of his first art creation. In fact, from the "footprint" of the Olympic Games to the "ladder" dedicated to grandma and other works, Cai Guoqiang has always been dedicated to using heaven and earth as the canvas and using gunpowder to outline art. In the section of "Cai Guoqiang Online Exhibition" launched by Tiao Yin, netizens can not only trace his past wonderful blasting projects, but also see the high-definition exhibition pictures of this "universe tour - starting from the original fireball" exhibition without leaving home, as well as rich and interesting exhibition preparation tidbits.
It is reported that this exhibition starts from Cai Guoqiang's "Original Fireball" exhibition 30 years ago, and traces Cai Guoqiang's creation and thinking throughout his artistic career with his dialogue with the universe and the invisible world as the main axis. From June 29 to August 21, the "Cosmic Tour - Starting from the" Original Fireball "was exhibited in Tokyo, Japan, and synchronized with offline. Netizens can watch the exhibition online in the" Wonderful Exhibition "section of Tiaoyin, to deeply understand the significance of the" Original Fireball "to Cai Guoqiang. Whether it is Gunpowder Painting in 1987, Big Footprint and Alien Base in the 1990s, or his modern style works created with new materials such as glass or mirror in recent years, all of them reflect Cai Guoqiang's artistic vitality that is booming like the expansion of the universe.
Several short videos in the "Peripheral Gags" section can let netizens vividly experience the stories behind and in front of Cai Guoqiang's booth. For example, in the "VLOG for exhibition preparation", Cai Guoqiang shared his dining scene at the Japanese highway rest station, so that netizens could see a more realistic and three-dimensional "man closest to aliens"; In the "behind the scenes story", he recorded and shared the process of ceramic blasting, canvas blasting, silk blasting and other blasting of different materials, so that more people have a further understanding of gunpowder painting blasting.
It is reported that this activity consists of the art of dithering PICO and "Great Learning" jointly launched. The person in charge of Dithering Art said that in the future, he hoped to continue to provide art institutions and artists with the soil to spread art, so that the public can understand art in Dithering and participate in art; It is also hoped that more artists will work with Diaoyin to build online art ecology, help contemporary art break the circle, and make art belong to more than a few people.
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