Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave
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Cai Guo-Qiang, Cry Dragon/Cry Wolf: The Ark of Genghis Khan, Courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
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Feb 22, 2008 – May 28, 2008
Mondays–Wednesdays (10am–5:45pm)
Fridays (10am–7:45pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10am–5:45pm)
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- Price
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$18
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Inopportune: Stage One is characteristic of Cai Guo-Qiang's grand ambitions and themes — a cascade of nine upended cars exploding with rays of light, it fills the Guggenheim's eight-story rotunda, announcing the museum's first solo exhibition of a China-born artist. Surveying Cai's art objects, the show includes his gunpowder drawings, massive sculptural installations, and grand choreographed fireworks displays. The artist also enjoys patronage of a high-ranking sort: he's the mastermind behind the opening and closing ceremonies at this summer's Beijing Olympics.
