Exploding Onto The Art Scene: Fireworks Artist Cai Guo-Qiang

“For Cai Guo-Qiang, every time feels like the first time. His nerves still tingle, his mind still races – during that climactic, split-second moment before he lights the fuse and the gunpowder goes boom. It’s an intensity that time hasn’t dimmed, not even after 30 years. That’s how long Cai’s been making art with explosions.”