Childhood Spaceship
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Final view of Childhood Spaceship, gunpowder on paper, 2012.
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Cai Guo-Qiang walking alongside fuse lines to be ignited for gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012.
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Cai Guo-Qiang standing on top of gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship in progress, Los Angeles, 2012
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Stencils on top of gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship prior to ignition, Los Angeles, 2012
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Ignition of gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012
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View of just-ignited gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012
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Volunteers pulling away stencils from ignited gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012
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Cai Guo-Qiang pointing out detail to volunteer in finished gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012
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Cai Guo-Qiang inspecting one of eleven ignited sheets of paper for Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012
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Detail of gunpowder drawing Childhood Spaceship, Los Angeles, 2012
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