Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling back to earth

186 187 The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, ‘6 Billion Perps Held Hostage! Artists Address Global Warming’. Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, ‘Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art’. Exh. cat. 2008 Barbican Art Gallery, London, ‘Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art’. Exh. cat. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, ‘Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book’. Exh. cat. Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Codroipo, ‘God & Goods: Spirituality and Mass Confusion’. Exh. cat. Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Hong Kong Art: Open Dialogue Exhibition Series II: New Ink Art: Innovation and Beyond’. Exh. cat. La Chapelle de l’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, ‘Academia. Qui es-tu?’. Exh. cat. Prospect New Orleans (various sites), ‘Prospect.1 New Orleans’. Exh. cat. 2009 Havana Biennial, Convento de San Francisco de Asís, ‘The 10th Havana Biennial 2009: Meeting Point: Integration and Resistance in the Global Age’. Galerie Perrotin, Paris (organised by Lance Armstrong Foundation), ‘Stages’ (travelled to 69th Regiment Armory, New York; Deitch Projects, New York; Art Basel Miami, Miami Beach). Exh. cat. Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, ‘The 4th Fukuoka Asian Art Triennial 2009: Live and Let Live: Creators of Tomorrow’. Exh. cat. Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, ‘Bike Rides’. Archivo Municipal de Córdoba, ‘The Sky within My House: Contemporary Art in 16 Patios of Cordoba’. 2010 Biennale of Sydney (various sites), ‘17th Biennale of Sydney: The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age’. Exh. cat. DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, ‘Alpha Omega — Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection’. Exh. cat. International Sculpture Biennale of Carrara (various sites), ‘Post Monument: XIV Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara’. Exh. cat. Aichi Triennale, various sites in Nagoya, ‘Arts and Cities: Aichi Triennale 2010’. Exh. cat. Koidl Kunsthalle, Berlin (organised by Berliner Bank and Deutsche Bank), ‘Berliner Bilder’. Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, ‘Collector’s Choice/Collector’s Voice’. Exh. cat. Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, ‘Nuits Electriques’ (travelled to LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, 2011). Exh. cat. 2011 Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, ‘Water, Fire and the Earth’. Exh. cat. Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, ‘Laboratory of the Future: Act 1: Regress Progress’. Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei (MoCA Taipei), ‘Invisibleness is Visibleness: International Contemporary Art Collection of a Salaryman — Daisuke Miyatsu’. Exh. cat. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, ‘Windflower: Perceptions of Nature’. Exh. cat. 2012 Museum of Arts and Design, New York, ‘Swept Away: Dust, Ashes and Dirt in Contemporary Art and Design’. Exh. cat. Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, ‘Longing for Perfection: 21 Years of Collecting by the Kröller- Müller Museum’. Grimaldi Forum Monaco, ‘Extra-Large: Monumental Works from the Centre Pompidou Collection in Monaco’. Exh. cat. Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, ‘Dialogues with Contemporary Art from Museum Collection’. Exh. cat. 2013 Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, and Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art and Glass, Venice, ‘Glasstress. White Light/White Heat’. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, ‘Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China’. Exh. cat. Explosion events and other ephemeral projects 1989 Fussa Minami Park and Kumagawa Shrine, Tokyo, Human Abode: Project for Extraterrestrials No.1 , realised 11 November. Commissioned by ‘Tama River Fussa Outdoor Art Exhibition’ (see group exhibitions). 1990 Pourrières, Aix-en-Provence, 45.5 Meteorite Craters Made by Humans on Their 45.5 Hundred Million Year Old Planet: Project for Extraterrestrials No.3 , realised 7 July. Commissioned by Les Domaines de l’art for ‘Chine demain pour hier’ (see group exhibitions). Nagahama Port, Fukuoka, I Am an Extraterrestrial: Project for Meeting with Tenjin (Heavenly Gods): Project for Extraterrestrials No.4 , realised 6 October. Commissioned by Museum City Tenjin, Fukuoka, for ‘Museum City Tenjin ’90: Circulation of Sensibility: Visual City, Functioning Art’ (see group exhibitions). Palace Plaza, Olive Mountain, Ushimado, Fetus Movement: Project for Extraterrestrials No.5 , realised 3 November. Commissioned by Japan Ushimado International Art Festival for ‘The 7th Japan Ushimado International Art Festival’ (see group exhibitions). 1991 Kashii former train yard, Fukuoka, The Immensity of Heaven and Earth: Project for Extraterrestrials No.11 , realised 15 September. Commissioned by Museum City Project, Fukuoka, for ‘Exceptional Passage — Chinese Avant-Garde Artists Exhibition’ (see group exhibitions). 1992 Bundeswehr-Wasserübungsplatz military base, Hann. Münden, Fetus Movement II: Project for Extraterrestrials No.9 , realised 27 June. Commissioned by the Kassel International Art Exhibition for ‘Encountering the Others’ (see group exhibitions). Artist book. 1993 Gobi Desert, Jiayuguan, Gansu Province, Project to Extend the Great Wall of China by 10,000 Meters: Project for Extraterrestrials No.10 , realised 27 February. Commissioned by P3 art and environment, Tokyo. Artist book. Angel Meadow Park, Oxford, The Oxford Comet: Project for Extraterrestrials No.17 , realised 26 June. Commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art Oxford (now Modern Art Oxford) for ‘Silent Energy’ (see group exhibitions). Sun Plaza and Spring Square, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Buried Civilization — Field Firings , realised 7 September – 20 October. Commissioned by the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park for ‘Outdoor Workshop ’93’ (see group exhibitions). 1994 Pacific Ocean, offshore from Numanouchi to Yotsukura Beach, Iwaki, The Horizon from the Pan‑Pacific: Project for Extraterrestrials No.14 , realised 7 March. Commissioned by Iwaki City Art Museum for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: From the Pan-Pacific’ (see solo exhibitions). Kyoto City Hall, Project for Heianky ō 1,200th Anniversary: Celebration from Chang’an , realised 13 March. Commissioned by the city of Kyoto for ‘Making New Kyoto ’94’ (see group exhibitions). Hiroshima Central Park near the Atomic Bomb Dome, The Earth Has Its Black Hole Too: Project for Extraterrestrials No.16 , realised 1 October. Commissioned by Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art for ‘Creativity in Asian Art Now’ (see group exhibitions). Nationale Park De Hoge Veluwe, Otterlo, Myth: Shooting the Suns: Project for Extraterrestrials No.21 , realised 18 December. Commissioned by the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, for ‘Heart of Darkness’ (see group exhibitions). 1995 Tribune Hall, Johannesburg Power Station , Restrained Violence: Rainbow: Project for Extraterrestrials No.25 , realised 28 February. Commissioned by the Johannesburg Biennale for ‘The Ever-Changing, Drifting Heat: The First Johannesburg Biennale’ (see group exhibitions). 1996 United States (various sites), The Century with Mushroom Clouds: Project for the 20th Century , Nevada Test Site, realised 13 February; Mormon Mesa, Overton, Nevada, realised 14 February 1996; Great Salt Lake, Utah, realised 15 February; and Manhattan, New York, realised 20–21 April. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent (now Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.)), Ghent, Dragon Skeleton/Suture of the Wall — True Collection , realised 9 November. Commissioned by Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent for ‘De Rode Poort’ (see group exhibitions). 1997 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Flying Dragon in the Heavens: Project for Extraterrestrials No.29 , realised 7 March. Commissioned by Louisiana Museum of Modern Art for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: Flying Dragon in the Heavens’ (see solo exhibitions). 1998 Ladugardsland bay (between Museum of Modern Art and Vasa Museum), Stockholm, Parting of the Sea: Project for Extraterrestrials No.30 , realised 14 February. Commissioned by Moderna Museet, Stockholm, for ‘Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art’ (see group exhibitions). Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Golden Missile , realised 13 June. Commissioned by Taipei Fine Arts Museum for ‘Site of Desire: 1998 Taipei Biennial’ (see group exhibitions). Taiwan Province Museum of Art (now National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts), No Destruction, No Construction: Bombing the Taiwan Province Museum of Art , Taichung, realised 21 August. Commissioned by Taiwan Province Museum of Art. Book. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, Dragon: Explosion on Pleats Please Issey Miyake , realised 5 October. Commissioned by Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain for ‘Issey Miyake: Making Things’ (see group exhibitions). 1999 Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Firecrackers for the Opening of S.M.A.K. , realised 8 May. Commissioned by S.M.A.K. for its opening events and ‘De Opening’ (see group exhibitions). Casa de Cultura, Projeto Axé Social, Salvador da Bahia, Salute (two explosion events in collaboration with children from Bandaxé), realised 18 August 1999 and 7 July 2000. Commissioned by The Quiet in the Land and Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia for the artist residence and exhibition ‘The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and Projeto Axé’ (see group exhibitions, 2000). Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Dragon Sight Sees Vienna: Project for Extraterrestrials No.32 , realised 6 November. Commissioned by Kunsthalle Wien for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: I am the Y2K Bug’ (see solo exhibitions). 2000 Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis, Rome, Till by Blade, Sow by Fire , realised 29 June. Commissioned by Académie de France à Rome for ‘La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire: Le Jardin’ (see group exhibitions). De Oude Warandepark, Tilburg, Fountain , realised 19 August. Commissioned by Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, for ‘Lustwarande/Pleasure- Garden’ (see group exhibitions). 69th Regiment Armory, New York, Ascending a Staircase , realised 1 December. Commissioned by NHK: Japan Broadcasting Corporation. 2001 Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, Picturesque Painteresque , realised 1 June. Commissioned by Sonsbeek for ‘Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus’ (see group exhibitions). The Bund, Huangpu River, and Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cityscape Fireworks , realised 20 October. Commissioned by Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) for the closing ceremonies of the 2001 APEC Conference. 2002 Zhejiang Library, Hangzhou, Spider Web , realised 4 May. Commissioned for the opening of the 2002 M Meeting. River Shannon at St Johns Castle, Limerick, Against the Current , realised 4 June. Commissioned by Limerick City Gallery of Art for ‘EV+A 2002: Heroes + Holies’ (see group exhibitions).