Cai Guo-Qiang is a contemporary Chinese artist who lives in American, he created a Black
Lightning display for the reopening of Aspen Art Museum on August 2.
This was a daytime show, with a thunderous crash, a dark bolt of lightning suddenly apeared
above the mountain nearby the museum.
Cai is a famous artist around the world, he is also the director of visual and apecial
effects for the Beijing Olymipics opening and closing ceremonies.
His another work, One Night Stand: Explosion Event, was organized by the city of Paris. The
event is a conceptual pyrotechnic which took place on the 5th of October, 2013.
One Night Stand: Explosion Event for Nuit Blanche 2013, Paris
Cai’s artwork is basically based on fireworks , he created a fireworks rainbow acrossed the
New York city at the opening of MoMA PS1.
Transient Rainbow 2002, MoMA