"Fragile" on the left and "Reflection" on the right. Photo Credits- http://caiguoqiang.com/ Cai Guo-Qiang was born 1957 in Quanzhou City China and trained in stage design at the Shanghai theatre academy. While in Japan he researched the potentials of gun powder as a drawing material and this technique is what he is most famous for. Guo-Qiang’s work combines eastern philosophy a variety of cultures with historical references. The piece entitled Reflection is the skeleton of a Japanese fishing boat resting on a beach of porcelain deities from Dehua, China. This work brings into question social identity and illustrates how artistic expressions from two different cultures can merge together. In 2012 Guo-Qiang was a part of a show in the Middle East entitled Saraab meaning Mirage in Arabic. The show depicted the connection between China and the Middle East from the Silk Road. Fragile was the first time Cai used gunpowder for calligraphy.
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