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Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Bilbao, Spain)

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Bilbao

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Spain

Guggenheim Bilbao

Curator:

Thomas Krens and Alexandra Munroe

Bilbao's Rent Collection Courtyard

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Bilbao, Spain)

Artwork not extant; props: collection of the artist

Everything Is Museum (2009) - Bilbao

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Bilbao, Spain)

Collection of the artist

Age of Not Believing in God, The (2009) - Bilbao, Spain

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Bilbao, Spain)

Collection of Museum Ludwig Köln

Head On (2009) - Bilbao, Spain

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Bilbao, Spain)

Deutsche Bank Collection

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2009) - Bilbao, Spain

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe (Bilbao, Spain)

Faurschou Collection

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Cai Guo-Qiang: Da Vincis do Povo Comic Book

Fairytale (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Complex (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Milestones (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Wu Yulu's Robot Factory (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Carnival Rehearsal

What’s Important Isn’t Whether You Can Fly (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Never Learned How to Land (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Test with Toy Fireworks

Alberto Santos - Dumont

Corcovado and Fantasia

Bikini Vendor and Offering of Flowers to Iemanjá (Sea Goddess)

Hat Vendor on the Beach

Waiting (2013) - Brasilia, Brazil

Fairytale (2013) - São Paulo, Brazil

Waiting (2013) - São Paulo, Brazil

Birds and Flowers of Brazil

Never Learned How to Land (2013) - São Paulo

Complex (2013) - São Paulo

Children Da Vincis

Wu Yulu's Robot Factory (2013) - São Paulo, Brazil

Milestones (2013) - São Paulo, Brazil

What’s Important Isn’t Whether You Can Fly (2013) - São Paulo, Brazil

The Snake Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) in Iwaki, Fukushima

Editions for SMoCA

Chaos in Nature

Desire for Zero Gravity

Childhood Spaceship

Mystery Circle: Explosion Event for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

White Tower of Dawn, The

Shadow of the Tower, The

Xiao Bai Hua No. 1

Xiao Bai Hua No. 2

Church and Warship Model

Munch Fantasy No. 1

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2012) - Copenhagen, Denmark

Shipbuilding Material

Svinkløv Sand Dunes

Tools for Shipbuilding

2012 Praemium Imperiale Award

Freja: Explosion Event for Faurschou Foundation

Small Pine Tree

Peony in Full Bloom

Deer and Pine Trees

Classical Painting Impression

Black Christmas Tree: Explosion Event for Washington, D.C.

Test for West Lake

Ninety-Nine Horses

Flying Together

Drawing for Black Ceremony

Flora on Porcelain

Frenzy of Flowers

Nocturnal Flower

Shadow of Mosque

Monuments on Shoulders

Move Along, Nothing to See Here (2011) - Providence, RI, USA

A Cure When Ill, A Supplement When Healthy (2011) - Oslo, Netherlands

Peasants - Making a Better City, a Better Life

Wu Yulu's Robot Factory

Never Learned How to Land

Travels in the Mediterranean

One Thousand Youngsters Drawing David (video performance)

Inopportune: Stage One (2010) - Sydney, Australia

What's Important Isn't Whether You Can Fly

Mermaid: Project for the 2010 Aichi Triennale

One Thousand Youngsters Drawing David

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2010) - Nice, France

Sunshine and Solitude

Head On (2010) - Singapore

Republic of China Centennial

You Can't Always See Where You're Going, But Can You See Where You've Been?

Head On (2009) - Bilbao, Spain

Bilbao's Rent Collection Courtyard

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2009) - Bilbao, Spain

Age of Not Believing in God, The (2009) - Bilbao, Spain

Everything Is Museum (2009) - Bilbao

Tree with Yellow Blossoms

Fireworks Project for China's 60th National Day Celebration

Cultural Melting Bath: Project for the 20th Century (2009) - Taipei

Inopportune: Stage Two (2009) - Taipei, Taiwan

Fallen Blossoms: Explosion Project

Time Flies Like a Weaving Shuttle

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2009) - Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei's Rent Collection Courtyard

Fallen Blossoms: Explosion Project (Video Documentation)

Closing Rainbow: Fireworks Project for the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Footprints of History: Fireworks Project for the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Five Golden Rings: Fireworks Project for the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Inopportune: Stage One (2008) - Beijing, China

Inopportune: Stage Two (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Borrowing Your Enemy’s Arrows (2008) - Beijing, China

Arbitrary History: Infinite River, An (2008) - Beijing, China

Head On (2008) - Beijing, China

New York’s Rent Collection Courtyard

Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Dragon: Explosion on Pleats Please Issey Miyake (2008)

Reflection—A Gift from Iwaki (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Another New Year

Dream (2008) - Codroipo, Italy

Wind Shadow (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Danger Book: Suicide Fireworks

Countdown: Fireworks Project for the Closing Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Inopportune: Stage One (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Arbitrary History: River, An (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Drawing for Footprints of History

Everything Is Museum (2008) - Beijing

Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Wako: Japanese Pirates of the Middle Ages

Black Fireworks: Project for Hiroshima

Unmanned Nature: Project for the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art

Head On (2008) - New York, NY, USA

Light Passage--Winter

Light Passage--Summer

Light Passage--Spring

Inopportune: Stage One (2007) - Seattle, WA, USA

Light Passage--Autumn

Pine Tree and Eagle

Eagle Landing on Pine Branch

Crocodile and Sun

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2006) - Ottawa, Canada

Here Comes the Wind!

Inopportune: Stage Two (2006) - Ottawa, Canada

Stage: Project for San Gimignano

Clear Sky Black Cloud

Transparent Monument

Nontransparent Monument

Move Along, Nothing to See Here (2006) - New York, NY, USA

Crocodile from the Sky: Project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Same Word, Same Seed, Same Root

Crocodile and Man One: Project for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Flying Carpet (2006) - Ottawa, Canada

Crocodile and Man Two: Project for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Vortex (2006) - Berlin, Germany

Clear Sky Black Cloud

Illusion II: Explosion Project

Head On (2006) - Berlin, Germany

Illusion II: Video (2006) - Berlin, Germany

Distant View of San Gimignano from the Stage

Chun Qiu: Project for the New Galleries of Suzhou Museum, Invited by I.M. Pei

Exploding Tower

Wind Shadow (2006) - Taipei, Taiwan

Captured Wind Arrested Shadow: Cai Guo-Qiang and Lin Hwai-min’s Wind Shadow

Descending Wolves: For the Guggenheim International Gala

Dreams Along the Stairway

Chun Qiu: Bygones - Project for the New Galleries of Suzhou Museum

Glass-crashing Birds One: Project for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Glass-crashing Birds Two: Project for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exploding House: Project for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

Glass-crashing Birds Three: Project for The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manhattan’s Crocodile: Project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pale Male and Lola: Project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snapping Crocodiles: Project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stage on the Hillside

Two Crocodiles: Project for the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wolves in the Fog: Project for Deutsche Guggenheim

Furious Tiger Going Down a Mountain

Tiger with Arrows: Project for Mass MoCA

Tiger and Eagle

Dream (2005) - Waltham, MA, USA

Virgin Garden: Emersion. China Pavilion at 51st Venice Biennale

Flying Carpet (2005) - Herford, Germany

Art Shopping Network

Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for Valencia

Black Rainbow: Explosion Project for Edinburgh

Life Beneath the Shadow

Dark Night Edinburgh

Tornado: Explosion Project for the Festival of China

UMOCA 2: Jennifer Wen Ma: Aeolian Garden

Black Fireworks: Project for IVAM

Fireworks and Man

Tigers with Arrows

Two Lions: Drawing Experiment for Deutsche Guggenheim

Two Tigers Turning Heads

Wolf and Earth: Drawing Experiment for Deutsche Guggenheim

Sun, Lion and Wolf: Drawing Experiment for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

Wolf and Milky Way: Drawing Experiment for Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin

Wolves of the Dark Night: Drawing Experiment for Deutsche Guggenheim

Caressing Zaha with Vodka

Tonight So Lovely

Bon Voyage: 10,000 Collectables from the Airport

Painting Chinese Landscape Painting

Inopportune: Stage One (2004) - North Adams, MA, USA

Red Star Flying Saucer

BMOCA: 18 Solo Exhibitions

Inopportune: Stage Two (2004) - North Adams, MA, USA

Fireworks from Heaven (2004) - Paris, France

Painting Chinese Landscape Painting

Reflection–A Gift from Iwaki (2004) - Washington, D.C., USA

Illusion (2004) - North Adams, MA, USA

Out of Desperate Misfortune Comes Bliss

Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 1

Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 2

Inopportune: Stage One-Exploding Car No. 3

Man, Eye, Eagle in the Sky

Movement Cultivates Vitality

Sketch for Spider Web: Project for the British Museum

Tide Watching on West Lake

Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park

Man, Eagle and Eye in the Sky

Ye Gong Hao Long (Mr. Ye Who Loves Dragons): Explosion Project for Tate Modern

Arbitrary History: Roller Coaster, An (2003) - Ghent, Belgium

Arbitrary History: River, An (2003) - Ghent, Belgium

Fireworks from Heaven (2003) - Berkeley, CA, USA

A Cure When Ill, A Supplement When Healthy (2003) - Boston, MA, USA

Inheritance: Exploding Jan Hoet's Portrait

Eagle Has Arrived!, The (2003) - Ghent, Belgium

Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century (2003) - Cincinnati, USA

Drawing for Building Chinese Tower in Paris: Explosion Project for Chinese French Years

Age of Not Believing in God, The (2003) - Ghent, Belgium

Building A Chinese Tower in Paris

Light Cycle: Explosion Project for Central Park

Transient Rainbow

Transient Rainbow

Ye Gong Hao Long (Mr. Ye Who Loves Dragons)

Ye Gong Hao Long (Mr. Ye Who Loves Dragons)

Transient Rainbow

Ethereal Flowers

Dream (2002) - Gwangju, Korea

Cai Guo-Qiang's Maksimov Collection

Big White Truth: From Antonioni's Chung Kuo

Cai Guo-Qiang's CHADO Pavilion—Homage to Tenshin Okakura

Skybound UFO and Shrine

Turtle Fountain

Gift: Triumphant Return with Heavy Wounds

99 Golden Boats

Impression Oil Drawing: Transient Rainbow

Drawings for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Against the Current

Sky Bound UFO and Shrine

Fireworks from Heaven (2001) - Yokohama, Japan

Arbitrary History: River, An (2001) - Lyon, France

Arbitrary History: Roller Coaster, An (2001) - Lyon, France

Eagle Has Arrived!, The (2001) - Lyon, France

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Cityscape Fireworks

Performing Chinese Ink Paintings

Winning Gift: Heavy with Wounds, A

Picturesque Painteresque

Who is the Happiest

Service for the Biennale!

Primeval Fireball: The Project for Projects (2002) - Paris, France

How is Your Feng Shui: Year 2000 Project for Manhattan

Still Life Performance

Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows (2000) - New York, NY, USA

Drawing for Deutsche Bank Moment Series

Till by Blade, Sow by Fire

Mark of 921, The

DMoCA (Dragon Museum of Contemporary Art): Everything is Museum No. 1 2000

Dragon Has Arrived!, The (1999) - Houston, TX, USA

Self Promotion for the People

Ascending a Staircase

Dragon: Explosion on Pleats Please Issey Miyake (2000)

Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century (2000) - Lyon, France

Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10

I Am the Y2K Bug

Dragon Sight Sees Vienna: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 32

Venice's Rent Collection Courtyard

Age of Not Believing in God, The (1999) - Cologne, Germany

Bridge Crossing

Firecrackers for the Opening of S.M.A.K.

Drawing for Dragon Sight Sees Vienna: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 32

Doctor Undergoing Treatment, A

Garment A from Dragon: Explosion on Pleats Please Issey Miyake

Garment B from Dragon: Explosion on Pleats Please Issey Miyake

No Destruction, No Construction: Bombing the Taiwan Museum of Art

Borrowing Your Enemy's Arrows (1998) - New York, NY, USA

Dragon: Explosion on Issey Miyake (1998)

Advertising Castle

Parting of the Sea: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 30

New York Earthworm Room

Cultural Melting Bath: Project for the 20th Century (1998) - Naoshima

Torideshi Nishi 1-22-21, 301 Elizabeth Street

Flying Dragon in the Heavens: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 29

Cultural Melting Bath: Projects for the 20th Century (1997) - Queens, NY, USA

Garden within a Garden

A Cure When Ill, A Supplement When Healthy (1997) - Chicago, IL, USA

Dragon Has Arrived!, The (1997) - Venice, Italy

Other Shore, The

Heavenly Secret

Trap: Project for the 20th Century, The

Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan (1996) - New York, NY, USA

Century with Mushroom Clouds: Project for the 20th Century, The

Dragon Skeleton/Suture of the Wall—True Collection

Be Careful with Fire

Bringing to Venice What Marco Polo Forgot

Orient (San Jō Tower), The

Restrained Violence—Rainbow: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 25

Moxacautery–For Africa

Snake Bag–Multiculture

Internal and External Universe: Water Wood Metal Fire Earth (1995) - Venice, Italy

Acupuncture for Venice

Sinking and Rising: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 27 (#2)

Sinking and Rising: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 27 (#1)

Kaikou—The Keel (Returning Light—The Dragon Bone)

Earth Has Its Black Hole Too: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 16, The

Project for Heiankyō 1,200th Anniversary: Celebration from Chang’an

Horizon from the Pan-Pacific: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 14, The

Elixir of Immortality

Universal Design: Feng Shui Project for Mito: Chang Sheng

Myth: Shooting the Suns: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 21

Calendar of Life

Blue Cross: Prescription for Art Museum

Internal and External Universe: Water Wood Metal Fire Earth (1994) - Otterlo, Netherlands

Making a Ladder to the Earth: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 20 (unrealized)

Orient (San Jō Tower), The

Arms--Contradiction

Unfulfilled Ambition

Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10

Buried Civilization

Normandy's Halo: Project for Extraterrestrials No.6

Long Mai—The Dragon Meridian: Project for Humankind No. 5

Oxford Comet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 17, The

Buried Civilization—Field Firings

Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10

Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9

Wailing Wall—From the Engine of 400 Cars

Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9

Primeval Fireball: The Project for Projects (1991) - Tokyo, Japan

Immensity of Heaven and Earth: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 11, The

Rebuilding the Berlin Wall: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 7

Certain Lunar Eclipse: Project for Humankind No. 2, A

Bigfoot's Footprints: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 6

Reviving the Ancient Signal Towers: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 8

Vague Border at the Edge of Time/Space Project, The

Immensity of Heaven and Earth: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 11, The

Immensity of Heaven and Earth: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 11, The

Inverted Pyramid on the Moon: Project for Humankind No. 3

45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3

Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9

I Am an Extraterrestrial, Project for Meeting with Tenjin (Heavenly Gods): Project for Extraterrestrials No. 4

Fetus Movement: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 5

Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 10

45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3

45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3

45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3

45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3

45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 3

Ascending Dragon: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 2

Bigfoot's Footprints: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 6

A Certain Lunar Eclipse: Project for Humankind No. 2

Fetus Movement: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 5

Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 9

I Am an Extraterrestrial, Project for Meeting with Tenjin (Heavenly Gods): Project for Extraterrestrials No. 4

Inverted Pyramid on the Moon: Project for Humankind No. 3

Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 1

Reviving the Ancient Signal Towers: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 8

Ascending Dragon: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 2

Ascending Dragon: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 2

Ascending Dragon: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 2

Rebuilding the Berlin Wall: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 7

Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 1

Self-Portrait: A Subjugated Soul

The Vague Border at the Edge of Time/Space Project