Impression Paintings

Cai Guo-Qiang

Curated by Greg Bellerby

August 3–September 23, 2001

Charles H. Scott Gallery is pleased to present the work of internationally renowned artist Cai Guo-Qiang.

A student of Chinese philosophy, medicine, geography and history, Cai Guo-Qiang applies traditional Chinese symbols and materials to a contemporary Western context. He is best known for his work with gunpowder. These works include spectacular indoor gunpowder drawings as well as large-scale outdoor explosions such as Extending the Great Wall (China), The Earth Has It’s Black Hole Too (Hiroshima, Japan) and Dragon Sight Sees Vienna (Austria).

Cai Guo-Qiang will produce two new projects for his exhibition at Charles H. Scott Gallery. He will present a series of paintings depicting past public explosions and a large gunpowder drawing of Fountain, an explosion project done in the Netherlands in 1999. He will make the drawing at the opening on August 2.

Cai Guo-Qiang is being brought to Vancouver by Greg Bellerby of Charles H. Scott Gallery and Keith Wallace of the Contemporary Art Gallery. Cai will have a concurrent exhibition at the CAG entitled Performing Chinese Ink Paintings which will involve a public performance work at the Sun Yat-Sen Gardens on July 24th, 25th and 26th followed by an installation at the CAG, July 28 to September 22.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This exhibition is made possible with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Vancouver Foundation and Opus Framing and Art Supplies. We would also like to thank the Thomas Film Group for their assistance.

Biographies

Originally from China, Cai Guo-Qiang currently resides in New York. In addition to solo exhibitions throughout Europe, North America and Asia, he has participated in many prestigious international group exhibitions including the Venice Biennale (1995, 1997, 1999 and 2001), the International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil (1996), the Asia Pacific Triennial, Brisbane (1996), and SITE, Santa Fe (1999).