id:			164622
accession number:	2006.134.c
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2006.134.c
updated:		2023-01-11 16:30:49.382000

Pine Forest and Wolf, 2005. Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese, b. 1957). Exploded gunpowder, fuse, burned paper backed on wood panels; overall: 230 x 308 cm (90 9/16 x 121 1/4 in.); panel: 230 x 77 cm (90 9/16 x 30 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund 2006.134.c

title:				Pine Forest and Wolf
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creation date:			2005
creation date earliest:		2005
creation date latest:		2005
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creditline:			Gift of Agnes Gund
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culture:	China, 21st century
technique:	exploded gunpowder, fuse, burned paper backed on wood panels
department:	Contemporary Art
collection:	CONTEMP - Painting
type:		Mixed Media
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CREATORS

* Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese, b. 1957)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 230 x 308 cm (90 9/16 x 121 1/4 in.); Panel: 230 x 77 cm (90 9/16 x 30 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe
	opening date:   2008-02-22T00:00:00
	<i>Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe</i>. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 22-May 28, 2008).

	title:		Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning
	opening date:   2019-05-25T04:00:00
	<i>Cai Guo-Qiang: Cuyahoga River Lightning</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 25-September 22, 2019).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229)</em>.The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12, 2009-September 11, 2009).

* <em>Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 224)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 21, 2014-October 27, 2014).

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PROVENANCE

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The silhouette of a wolf is visible in a forest of pine trees. During the ignition, the cardboard stencil that defined the shape of the wolf slid out of place, leaving a blurred impression of the animal. The varying shades of black and brown are achieved by covering parts of the paper with stencils or gunpowder fuses that impact the oxidization process during the explosive event. In the spirit of traditional Chinese landscape paintings, this work presents nature in harmony with wildlife undisturbed by human interference.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cai, Guo-qiang, Thomas Krens, and Alexandra Munroe. <em>Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe</em>. New York: Guggenheim Museum, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: ex. cat. no. 17, pp. 126-127
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	Spee, Clarissa von. "Explosive Stuff - The Cleveland Museum of Art Shows Cai Guo-Qiang." <em>Orientations</em> vol. 50 no. 3 (May/June 2019), pp. 104-107.
	page number: 	Reproduced: fig. 4, p. 107
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