Inopportune: Stage One

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Inopportune: Stage One is a large-scale installation artwork by Cai Guo-Qiang featuring a sequence of suspended cars and simulated explosions that explores themes of violence, spectacle, and contemporary fear.

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Inopportune: Stage One canonical 3

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instanceOf contemporary art work ⓘ
installation artwork ⓘ
aimsTo critique the spectacle of violence in contemporary culture ⓘ
evoke viewers’ fear and anxiety about terrorism ⓘ
commissionedBy Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ
creatorBirthCountry China ⓘ
creatorBirthPlace Quanzhou ⓘ
creatorNationality Chinese ⓘ
depicts car bombing sequence ⓘ
simulated explosions ⓘ
displayedAs site-specific installation ⓘ
exhibitionVenue Guggenheim Museum New York ⓘ
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
followedBy Inopportune: Stage Two ⓘ
genre installation art ⓘ
hasPart light tubes suggesting explosions ⓘ
nine white cars ⓘ
inception 2004 ⓘ
installationLocation Guggenheim rotunda ⓘ
installationType large-scale installation ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
lightingDesign simulated explosion flashes ⓘ
mainSubject contemporary fear ⓘ
media representation of violence ⓘ
spectacle ⓘ
terrorism ⓘ
violence ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableFor dramatic depiction of a car bombing in slow motion ⓘ
use of suspended vehicles to create a narrative sequence ⓘ
partOfSeries Inopportune ⓘ
spatialArrangement sequence of suspended cars ⓘ
title Inopportune: Stage One ⓘ
usesMedium automobiles ⓘ
light tubes ⓘ
stage lighting ⓘ
steel cables ⓘ
suspended cars ⓘ

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Cai Guo-Qiang → notableWork → Inopportune: Stage One ⓘ
Inopportune: Stage One → title → Inopportune: Stage One ⓘ
Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe → includesWork → Inopportune: Stage One ⓘ