2008
Cai Guo-Qiang 2008 Postage Stamps: Peony
Cai Guo-QiangChinese, born 1957
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Cai Guo-Qiang frequently works with volatile substances, creating "explosion images" by covering paper with gunpowder and setting off a controlled blast in order to create a pattern on the sheet. Here he has replicated this technique using an equally unlikely surface material—printed reproductions of postage stamps depicting peonies, a traditional floral symbol of China.
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