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Cai Guo Qiang

            These photos were commissioned by The Museum of Fine Art Houston:
Photographed by: Everett Taasevigen
.The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Arts of China Gallery showcases the museum´s growing collection of Chinese artwork. Stunning examples of ancient and contemporary art, displayed side by side in an innovative juxtaposition, include bronze ware, ceramics, painting, calligraphy, and video. To enhance the contemporary perspective, the MFAH Portals Project invited artist Cai Guo-Qiang to create Odyssey.

Cai executed Odyssey, his gunpowder drawing on 42 panels, at a Houston warehouse on October 5 and 6. The limited number of free tickets for the public to attend the sessions sold out quickly, but the ignition event was livestreamed at CultureMap.com and the MFAH viewing party at Saint Arnold Brewing Company.

The Arts of China Gallery opens to the public on Sunday, October 17. MFAH Members see it first at exclusive preview events Friday-Saturday, October 15-16.

“For years now Cai Guo-Qiang´s gunpowder drawings have fascinated museum audiences from New York to Taiwan. But the public has rarely had an opportunity to see this Chinese-born artist make one. So when officials at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, commissioned him to create Odyssey, one of his largest such drawings, for its new Arts of China gallery, they decided to make the process available to the public.”

—New York Times

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Taken on: October 3, 2010

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Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, f/5.0, 1/50 sec, 17mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Aperture:	f/5.0
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Aperture 3.2.4
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