Valor or Futility? Cai Guo-Qiang’s Stunning Wolf Exhibit
7 November 2008
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Entitled Head On, artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s exhibit consists of a pack of wolves which trot up resolutely toward their fate. As the work progresses, the viewer witnesses the pack exploding out in force, slamming against a barrier and finally dying in a heap of twisted bodies.
The “dogged” animals are surprisingly realistic and were created from hay and metal wires overlaid with painted sheepskin and plastic.
The work can be taken as a metaphor for any number of political issues, and easy commentary can be made on either the indomitability of the martyr or the fruitlessness of the cause…
Cai Guo-Qing’s site
Deutsche Guggenheim
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At first,I was partially scared and partially astonished. I thought it was real, but then I read it was not. Cai Guo-Qiang, praise you…
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