Cai Guo-Qiang Shares His Thoughts On Ephemerality, Universality, and Getting Back to the Art Itself

Artist Interview by Lulu Chua-Rubenfeld Cai Guo-Qiang is without a doubt one of today's most celebrated and important Contemporary artists. He was born in China's Fujian province in 1957, but has since traversed the globe, learning about foreign cultures and gaining seemingly infinite layers of depth that are each manifest in his artwork. Unfettered by any one time, place, genre, or philosophy, Cai Guo-Qiang infuses all of his art with a unique creative spirit, whether it be his famous gunpowder...