Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project
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Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project is an art publication that documents and explores Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale gunpowder and explosion-based artworks and their conceptual underpinnings.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project canonical | 2 |
| Cai Guo-Qiang: The Century with Mushroom Clouds | 1 |
| Cai Guo-Qiang: World of Explosion | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project Context triple: [Cai Guo-Qiang, hasPublication, Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project]
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Cai Guo-Qiang: Black Fireworks
"Cai Guo-Qiang: Black Fireworks" is an art publication that explores the renowned Chinese artist’s experimental use of gunpowder and pyrotechnic explosions as a medium for large-scale, conceptually driven works.
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Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art
"Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art" is a publication that explores the innovative use of gunpowder and explosives in the contemporary art practice of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, documenting his process, philosophy, and major works.
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C.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky is an art publication focusing on the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder and fireworks projects, exploring his creative process and explosive visual spectacles.
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Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth is an exhibition catalogue and monograph documenting Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale, nature-focused installations created for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
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E.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave is an art project and exhibition by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang that explores environmental crisis and humanity’s relationship with nature through large-scale, often explosive and immersive installations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project Target entity description: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project is an art publication that documents and explores Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale gunpowder and explosion-based artworks and their conceptual underpinnings.
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A.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Black Fireworks
"Cai Guo-Qiang: Black Fireworks" is an art publication that explores the renowned Chinese artist’s experimental use of gunpowder and pyrotechnic explosions as a medium for large-scale, conceptually driven works.
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B.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art
"Cai Guo-Qiang: Gunpowder Art" is a publication that explores the innovative use of gunpowder and explosives in the contemporary art practice of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, documenting his process, philosophy, and major works.
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C.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky
Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireworks from the Sky is an art publication focusing on the Chinese artist’s large-scale gunpowder and fireworks projects, exploring his creative process and explosive visual spectacles.
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D.
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth
Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth is an exhibition catalogue and monograph documenting Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale, nature-focused installations created for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
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E.
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave is an art project and exhibition by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang that explores environmental crisis and humanity’s relationship with nature through large-scale, often explosive and immersive installations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art publication
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book ⓘ exhibition catalogue ⓘ |
| about |
Chinese contemporary art
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contemporary art ⓘ performance-based art ⓘ site-specific art ⓘ |
| documents |
explosion events
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gunpowder drawings ⓘ installation art ⓘ large-scale artworks ⓘ outdoor explosion projects ⓘ |
| documentsWorkOf |
Cai Guo-Qiang
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Chinese artist ⓘ |
| explores |
conceptual underpinnings of explosion art
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ephemeral public art ⓘ relationship between destruction and creation ⓘ use of gunpowder as artistic medium ⓘ |
| features |
artist statements
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conceptual essays ⓘ photographic documentation ⓘ project descriptions ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
explosion-based artworks
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gunpowder-based art ⓘ pyrotechnic art ⓘ |
| genre |
art monograph
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contemporary art publication ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Cai Guo-Qiang ⓘ |
| mediumDocumented |
explosives
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fireworks ⓘ gunpowder ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Explosion Project series
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gunpowder art ⓘ |
| title | Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project Description of subject: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project is an art publication that documents and explores Cai Guo-Qiang’s large-scale gunpowder and explosion-based artworks and their conceptual underpinnings.
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linked to: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project
linked to: Cai Guo-Qiang: Explosion Project