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A pale-green-glazed carved 'lotus' stem dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period

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A pale-green-glazed carved 'lotus' stem dish, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.

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Finely potted with a dish of shallow rounded sides, the interior carved with a large stylised lotus blossom, surrounded by a symmetrical design of curled leafy tendrils and four smaller lotus blooms, raised on a tall spreading foot with further leafy tendrils, covered overall with an attractive even pale sea-green glaze, the side of the base with an Imperial underglaze-blue zhuanshu mark in a line. 17.8cm diam. Estimate HK$ 400,000 - 500,000 (€39,000 - 48,000). Unsold

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The highly refined delicate pale green glaze of the present lot is an example of the technical development of glazes during the Qianlong period. While pale celadon glazes originated during the Tang Dynasty, research and development in the Qing Imperial kilns perfected a glaze recipe which resulted in a much smoother texture and a more subtle tone in colour. A decrease in iron content enabled kilns at Jingdezhen to achieve such a glaze. The present stem dish is also an example of the beautiful effect of how incised decoration is emphasized by the delicate translucent glaze pooling in the recesses that creates a darker tone.

A green-glazed stem dish of very similar form, decoration and mark was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1891. Another example of a similarly shaped tazza, Qianlong mark and of the period, but plain and with a more bluish-celadon glaze, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 October 2012, lot 3045.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014


A Ru-type compressed pear-shaped long-necked vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period

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A Ru-type compressed pear-shaped long-necked vase, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.

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Covered overall in a pale greyish-blue finely crackled glaze, the recessed base with an Imperial underglaze-blue zhuanshu seal mark. 16.5cm high. Sold for HK$ 812,500 (€78,342)

This compressed vase form is derived from a Song Dynasty prototype. A Southern Song Guanyao vase of similar form, but larger size, in the British Museum, London, is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collection, Vol.5, 1981, col. pl.24. A Qianlong-marked vase, also of similar form but larger and covered with a tea-dust glaze, is illustrated in The Baur Collection, Geneva, 1972, Vol.III, no.A392; and a larger Guan-type vase of similar compressed form, Qianlong seal mark and of the period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1799.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014

A 'sacrificial blue'-glazed bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period

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A 'sacrificial blue'-glazed bowl, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.

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Elegantly potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short slightly tapering foot to a flared mouth rim, covered inside and out with an attractive deep blue glaze thinning at the mouth and foot rims. 17cm diam. Estimate HK$ 250,000 - 350,000 (€24,000 - 34,000). Unsold.

'Sacrificial blue'-glazed ritual vessels were intended for use on the Imperial altar at the Temple of Heaven. By command of the Qianlong Emperor, blue-glazed wares such as the current lot, were used for the Winter Solstice sacrifice to Heaven in 1748.

Compare with a pair of smaller bowls, each with a blue glaze similar to the present bowl, Qianlong mark and of the period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3536.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014

A blue-glazed pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Qianlong seal mark and of the period

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A blue-glazed pear-shaped vase, yuhuchunping, Qianlong seal mark and of the period. Photo Bonhams.

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The exterior all under a deep violet-blue glaze stopping at the white mouth rim and around the spreading foot, the base with an Imperial underglaze-blue zhuanshu seal mark. 32cm high. Estimate HK$ 300,000 - 400,000 (€29,000 - 39,000). Unsold

For examples of blue-glazed vases of this type, compare a similar Qianlong mark and period vase from the Jinguantang collection of T.T. Tsui, sold at Christie's London, 5th November 1997, lot 863.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014

A Ru-type pear-shaped vase, 18th-19th century

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A Ru-type pear-shaped vase, 18th-19th century. Photo Bonhams.

Elegantly potted, covered overall with an attractive even pale blue glaze. 21.7cm high. Estimate HK$ 100,000 - 200,000 (€9,600 - 19,000). Unsold

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART. Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014

Louis Vuitton jewellery Acte V collection

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis necklace featuring a 87.92ct Australian black opal and Vuitton's signature star-cut diamonds.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis earrings featuring Australian black opals, star-cut diamonds and sapphires.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Apotheosis cuff featuring black onyx, diamonds and a pear-shaped tsavorite.

 

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 Louis Vuitton Acte V Metamorphosis necklace featuring Pandjshir emeralds and diamonds.

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Vuitton Acte V Metamorphosis earrings featuring diamonds and emeralds.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Apotheosis necklace featuring diamonds, an emerald and a pear shaped tourmaline.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis ring featuring a green emerald-cut beryl surrounded by brilliant-cut diamonds.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis ring featuring a central mandarin garnet surrounded by diamonds.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis ring featuring black onyx and diamonds.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis ring featuring a central orange yellow diamond surrounded by emerald-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds.

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Louis Vuitton Acte V Genesis ring featuring a central Pien Pyit sapphire surrounded by sapphires and diamonds.

Buccellati Necklace

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Price upon request, Buccellati; (212) 308-2900.

A pair of conch pearl and diamonds earrings

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A pair of conch pearl and diamonds earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each oval conch pearl and old brilliant-cut diamond surmount suspending a line of round light pink and orange conch pearls and old brilliant-cut diamonds, within a diamond openwork frame, terminating in a drop-shaped pink conch pearl, mounted in platinum, diamonds approximately 1.20 carats total, earring length 5.5cm and 5.7cm. Sold for HK$ 174,000 (€16,825)

Bonhams. Fine Jewellery and Jadeite Hong Kong, Admiralty, 4 Dec 2008


A pair of conch pearl and diamond earrings

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A pair of conch pearl and diamond earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each surmount set with a white and pink conch pearl and brilliant-cut diamonds, terminating in a light pink conch pearl drop, within a pear-shaped border of similarly-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum and 18k white gold, earring length 6.1cm. Sold for HK$ 240,000 (€23,207)

Bonhams. Fine Jewellery and Jadeite and Modern Wristwatches Hong Kong, JW Marriott Hotel, 28 May 2010

A pair of diamond and conch pearl pendent earrings

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A pair of diamond and conch pearl pendent earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each old brilliant and baguette-cut diamond surmount suspending an openwork cascade of single-cut diamonds, terminating in a conch pearl measuring 9.7 x 10.9mm, diamonds approximately 2.00 carats total, length 5.5cm. Sold for HK$ 250,000 (€24,174)

Bonhams. FINE JEWELLERY & JADEITE, Hong Kong, Admiralty, 23 Nov 2013

A pair of conch pearl, coloured diamond and diamond pendent earrings

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A pair of conch pearl, coloured diamond and diamond pendent earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each pear-shaped purplish pink diamond, weighing 0.13 and 0.10 carats, within brilliant-cut diamond surround, suspending a conch pearl decorated with brilliant-cut diamonds of white and pink hue, mounted in 18k white and pink gold, remaining diamonds of pink hue approximately 0.50 carats total, diamonds approximately 0.70 carats total, length 2.2cm. Sold for HK$ 106,250 (€10,274)

Accompanied by two reports from GIA stating:
The 0.13 carat diamond is natural fancy intense purplish pink. Report number 2125992728, dated February 7 2011.
The 0.10 carat diamond is natural fancy vivid purplish pink. Report number 1122992701, dated February 7 2011.

Bonhams. Fine Jewellery & Jadeite Hong Kong, Admiralty, 25 May 2013

A pair of diamond and conch pearl pendent earrings

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A pair of diamond and conch pearl pendent earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each conch pearl surmount suspending two articulated tassels of unequal length with conch pearl terminals, diamonds approx. 0.50ct. total, length 4.5cm. Sold for £1,440 (€1,816)

Bonhams. Jewellery London, Knightsbridge, 12 Mar 2008

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A pair of conch pearl and diamond earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each set with a conch pearl measuring approximately 7.15-8.90 x 5.60mm and 7.65-9.30 x 5.30mm, within a marquise, pear and brilliant-cut diamond surround, mounted in platinum, the diamonds estimated to weigh approximately 4.35 carats in total, earring length 2.0cm. Sold for HK$ 225,000 (€21,757)

Accompanied by a certificate from the SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute stating that the analysed properties confirm the authenticity of these natural conch pearls, with no indications of artificial colour modification. Report number 65142, dated 19 Sep 2012

BonhamsFine Jewellery & Jadeite Hong Kong, Admiralty, 23 Nov 2012 

A fine pair of conch pearl and diamond earring

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A fine pair of conch pearl and diamond earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each set with an oval pink conch pearl, measuring approximately 11.7 x 9.1 mm or 11.4 x 8.7mm, within a pear and brilliant-cut diamond surround, mounted in platinum, earring length 2.1cm. Sold for HK$ 132,000 (€12,764)

Accompanied by a report from GIA, stating that the saltwater conch pearls are natural, with no indications of treatment. Report number 2125496318, dated 13th August 2010.

Bonhams. Bloch Collection; Wine and Whisky; Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art & Paintings; Jewellery, Jadeite and Wristwatches and Writing Instruments Hong Kong, JW Marriott Hotel, 24 Nov 2010

A conch pearl and diamond brooch and earring suite, circa 1900

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A conch pearl and diamond brooch and earring suite, circa 1900. Photo Bonhams

The brooch designed as two opposing highly stylised flower heads set throughout with old brilliant-cut diamonds, each issuing a rose-cut diamond and conch pearl bud, connected by a single cushion-shaped diamond in a lozenge-shaped collet, accompanied by a pair of old brilliant-cut diamond and conch pearl cluster earrings, mounted in silver and gold, diamonds approximately 9.50 carats total, earrings later converted, brooch diameter 5.5cm, earring length 1.8cm, cased by Boucheron, 180 New Bond Street, London, W1, St. Petersburg, Persp, Newsky 26, New York, Fifth Avenue, 705, 26 Place Vendôme, Paris. Sold for £17,500 (€22,072)

Bonhams.  FINE JEWELLERY, London, New Bond Street, 30 Apr 2014


A fine pair of conch pearl and diamond earrings

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A fine pair of conch pearl and diamond earrings. Photo Bonhams

Each composed of an oval conch pearl to a diamond-set frame with scroll detailing, suspended from a highly articulated row of brilliant-cut diamonds and with a diamond-set capped oval surmount, mounted in platinum, the conch pearls estimated to weigh approximately 6.80 carats in total, the diamonds estimated to weigh approximately 0.70 carats in total, length 4.2cm.

Accompanied by a certificate from GIA, stating that the two saltwater strong pink conch pearls are natural and show no indication of treatment. Report number 5131018618, dated 26th January 2011

Bonhams.  Fine Jewellery & Jadeite Hong Kong, Island Shangri-La Hotel, 26 May 2011

Cartier ‘Royal Collection’ for the 27th Biennale des Antiquaires 2014

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Cartier ‘Royal Collection’ for the 27th Biennale des Antiquaires 2014. Photos courtesy Cartier

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Natural history auction in Denver features world class collection of lapidary arts

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An Important Marra Mamba Tiger's Eye Slab, Mt. Brockman Station, Western Australia. Width: 154.90 cm. Estimate $ 25,000-35,000. 

DENVER, CO.- Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announces the sale of the collection of 570 lots from the Estate of Mr. Cafesjian including an impressive selection of lapidary arts carvings, rare minerals and gems for its inaugural Natural History auction, which will take place on September 16, 2014 at 10AM MST. The sale will be displayed in the Denver saleroom located at 960 Cherokee Street. Colorado’s history is deeply rooted in the mining industry, which motivated the Chicago-based auction company to select the Denver facility to host this important collection. The West boasts many of the most important mines in the mineral collecting world, as well as an enthusiastic base of collectors and institutions anxious to acquire rare items. 

Gerard L. Cafesjian had a passion for collecting that consumed his life for more than six decades. Born in Brooklyn, New York to Armenian immigrant parents, he served in the U.S. Navy and later graduated from St. John’s University School of Law. Mr. Cafesjian had a successful career at West Publishing Company, the world’s largest publisher of legal information. Having studied geology at university, he held a lifelong interest in minerals. As a collector, his love for color, light and form led him to collect a wide array of contemporary glass sculpture, gems, minerals and a truly impressive assortment of fine lapidary arts carvings. 

The Cafesjian Collection includes an extensive group of mineral specimens extracted from locations all over the globe. The impressive selection of Rhodochrosite crystals and plates originate from the Sweet Home Mine in Colorado and the N’Chwaning mine in South Africa, two of the most sought after mines by collectors. The auction also features an extraordinary lapidary arts collection, including works by Idar-Oberstein artisans such as Gerd Dreher, Manfred Wild, Gerhard Becker and other luminaries. 

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A Rhodochrosite Specimen, "Corner Pocket", Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, United States. 8.00 x 8.00 cm. Estimate $ 5,000-7,000.

Highlights include an important agate carving of a falcon on a native copper base, Gerd Dreher ($30,000-50,000); a fine Rhodochrosite crystal from the “Corner Pocket,” Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado ($5,000-7,000); a Morganite carving of a sea turtle, Gerd Dreher ($12,000-18,000); a fine Rhodochrosite crystal cluster, N’Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa ($7,000-9,000), a Scolecite on Stilbite specimen ($2,000-3,000) and a Gem Chrysocolla Chameleon Carving, Gerd Dreher for Asprey, Idar-Oberstein, Germany ($20,000-$30,000). 

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An Important Carved Agate Falcon on Native Copper Base, Gerd Dreher, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Height: 30.50 cm. Estimate $ 30,000-50,000.

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A Rhodochrosite Specimen,, "Pincushion Pocket", Sweet Home Mine, Colorado, United States,, recovered in 2001 from this sought after pocket10.80 x 8.30 x 6.40 cm. Estimate $ 5,000-7,000

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A Morganite "Sea Turtle and Reef" Carving, Gerd Dreher, Idar-Oberstein, Germany. 20.30 x 15.20 x 15.20 cm. Estimate $ 12,000-18,000.

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A Rhodochrosite Specimen, N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa, 6.40 x 5.10 cm. Estimate $ 7,000-9,000.

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A Scolecite on Stilbite Specimen,, Nashik Quarry, Nashik District, Maharashtra, India. Height: 11.40 cm. Estimate $ 2,000-3,000.

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A Gem Chrysocolla Chameleon Carving, Gerd Dreher for Asprey,, Idar-Oberstein, Germany,, designed and executed by Gerd Dreher and retail.14.00 x 9.53 x 8.25 cm. Estimate $ 20,000-30,000.

The logistics of packing and shipping this extensive group from out of state was cumbersome, but well worth it,” said Alexander Eblen, director of Natural History at Leslie Hindman Auctioneers. “It required over 250 custom boxes and crates and two trucks to transport the collection from Florida to Colorado. The interest in gems and minerals is clearly evident by the numerous gem and mineral shows held in Colorado annually. Thousands of collectors and enthusiasts from all over the world will attend the shows in September, which made Denver the obvious location for the auction.” Selected highlights from the collection will be featured at the Denver Fine Mineral Show in room 209 of the Denver Marriott West and in booth J50 at the Denver Gem & Mineral Show in the Denver Merchandise Mart. 

'Cai GuoQiang: The Ninth Wave' opens at the Power Station in Shanghai

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Cai Guo­Qiang: The Ninth Wave addresses one of the greatest challenges faced by mankind: Earth’s current environmental and ecological crisis.

SHANGHAI.- The Power Station of Art presents the major solo exhibition Cai Guo­Qiang: The Ninth Wave by the New York-based Chinese-born artist. Open from August 8 through October 26, 2014 in Shanghai, this will be the first solo exhibition by a living artist at the institution, China’s first publicly funded contemporary art museum. 

Cai Guo­Qiang: The Ninth Wave addresses one of the greatest challenges faced by mankind: Earth’s current environmental and ecological crisis. Evidenced by the high levels of smog in the air and the incident of 16,000 dead pigs floating down the Huangpu River last year, environmental issues in China—and the world at large—have reached a critical level. Exploring the imminent challenge posed by the environment, the artist references a theme in traditional Chinese aesthetics and philosophy: humanity’s longing to return to a primordial landscape and spiritual homeland. 

Many of the works in the exhibition were made especially for the exhibition at the Power Station of Art. A series of art interventions and artworks were realized in the public realm leading up to the opening, allowing the public to witness various stages of the creative process: 

July 12 - The installation work The Ninth Wave set sail from the artist’s hometown of Quanzhou;

July 17 - The Ninth Wave sailed along the Huangpu River, past the Bund, and arrived at the pier by the Power Station of Art;

July 20 - Cai Guo-Qiang completed his first work on site, the gunpowder drawing Impression of The Ninth Wave;

July 21 - Cai completed his second work on site, the gunpowder work on porcelain, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter;

July 24 - The third work, the gunpowder drawing The Bund Without Us was made. 

On August 8, the opening day of the exhibition, Elegy: Explosion Event for Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave will take place at 5pm sharp on the Huangpu River by the museum. The work is the first public large‐scale daytime ‘explosion event’ the artist is realizing in Mainland China. This site‐specific ephemeral artwork employs colored smoke pyrotechnic effects. Conceived in three chapters—Elegy, Remembrance and Consolation—and expected to last 8 minutes, the ceremonial 'explosion event' projects an image of nature in decline. The first part, Elegy, opens with dramatic black and white smoke mines and cascade effects. Reminiscent of a funerary parade, black smoke “crows” with flapping wings represent the joys and sorrows in life. The scene then ends with green smoke, or “grass and weeds,” resembling an exhale, or a mournful sigh. In Remembrance, colored smoke effects splash across the sky, as though nostalgically recalling past events and friendships throughout the years. Consolation brings warmth to the living; short, powerful spurts of aerials shells form colored and white chrysanthemums in the sky, gaining speed for the finale. Yellow willows fill the horizon slowly, drawing the explosion event to a close. 

In line with the theme of the exhibition, environmentally safe daytime colored smoke pyrotechnic products are used for the artwork; food coloring, food-grade powders, fabric dyes and other nontoxic materials are used as main ingredients. 

PSA’s building, the former Nanshi Power Station will serve as a powerful backdrop for an exhibition that focuses on our interaction with nature. Occupying the galleries on the first and second floors of the museum, Cai Guo­Qiang: The Ninth Wave will include eleven major works, representing the diversity of media the artist is well known for. 

In the Great Hall on the ground floor, visitors are greeted by the installation The Ninth Wave, comprising of 99 fabricated animals on a fishing boat from the artist’s hometown of Quanzhou. The boat navigated along the Bund on the Huangpu River on July 17 as an art intervention, before ultimately 'landing' at the museum. On the boat, tigers, pandas, camels and other animals appear weather-beaten with their heads bowed, as though seasick from the currents of our times. Although the work may bring to mind the Biblical tale “Noah’s Ark,” the animals in this work have yet to be saved from danger and seem to be drawing their last breaths. The work was inspired by Russian painter Ivan Aivazovsky’s 1850 eponymous painting, which famously depicted survivors from a shipwreck clinging to a mast as in the last throes of survival, expressing human’s helplessness in the face of nature’s unforgiving forces. 

Another new work Silent Ink—a literally groundbreaking, site-specific installation—features a 250 square meter lake excavated out of the gallery floor that has been filled with 20,000 liters of black ink; the piece creates a serene yet haunting effect. Unlike other more figurative or narrative works in the exhibition, the vast stretch of black and the pervasive scent of ink in the work deliver an abstract and compelling multisensory experience. 

On the second floor, The Bund Without Us, a colossal gunpowder drawing on paper measuring 27m long by 4m wide, re‐imagines the cityscape of Shanghai without human presence and overtaken by nature. The artist borrows animal and plant motifs from Shanghai School paintings of late 19th century China in the work’s composition. By referencing these elements, Cai conjures the spirit of literati paintings, alluding to a time when people lived humbly and in harmony with nature. A suite of four gunpowder drawings on porcelain, each measuring 3m long by 2.4m wide, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, follows the cycle of the four seasons, evoking and renewing the spirit and tradition of Chinese literati ink painting. Delicately balancing the violent, instant impact of the gunpowder explosion and the frailty of the porcelain, Cai Guo-Qiang manages to capture the vivid tones of the four seasons with unusual nuance and sensitivity. 

In the former power plant’s chimney, three life-like baby dolls sit on swings that sway back and forth in Air of Heaven. 

Several of Cai’s seminal works will also be exhibited for the first time in Shanghai. Initially presented in Berlin in 2006 and shown worldwide, Head On features 99 wolves charging toward and crashing into an invisible wall, a reflection on the repercussions of collective behavior and the endless cycles of destructive folly throughout history. In Birds and Flowers of Brazil, the lyrical imagery of exotic flora and fauna pays homage to Earth’s biodiversity and the genre of the same name in Classical Chinese painting. Extending vertically, the 18m high by 4m wide gunpowder drawing on paper created in Brasilia in 2013 mimics the visual experience of unrolling a classical Chinese hanging scroll painting. 

The exhibition is complemented with contextual and educational components, such as a video retrospective of Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosion events; Timeline, a chronology incorporating artworks, photographs and ephemera that provides biographical context on his artistic development and achievements; sketches related to the making of the exhibition; and Boy Cai in Shanghai, an educational gallery with interactive activities for children and their families. 

Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave examines concepts and forms recurrent in recent works by the artist, from his explorations of the literati painting tradition, to themes relating to the environment and ecology. Cai's gunpowder drawings and installations—which often include animals and boats—have become increasingly narrative, integrating allegorical imagery. 

It is also important to note the artist’s evolving methodology as seen particularly in his large-scale installation works: for instance, some start as mobile art interventions with local community participation. Throughout his career, Cai has shown an artistic intent to embrace open-ended outcomes and foster cultural exchange. This interest is expressed in his collaborations with local volunteers from different countries to materialize gunpowder drawings on paper and porcelain, and in his willingness to open a dialogue by inviting the public to witness the creative process. 

The exhibition therefore sums up Cai Guo-Qiang’s art-making approach, as he shuttles back and forth between different cultures, interacting and collaborating with different local communities. As the artist creates works in multiple forms and methodologies, he continues to explore artistic concepts and pushes boundaries between different formats. 

Gong Yan, Director of the Power Station of Art remarks, “In combination with the Power Station of Art’s unique historical background, Cai Guo-Qiang addresses increasingly urgent environmental and ecological issues through rich and varied artistic explorations. The deep humanistic concerns expressed in Cai Guo-Qiang: The Ninth Wave have great significance in contemporary society. Together, we hope the response to environmental issues and the conviction to overcome them presented in the exhibition can deliver a strong, resounding message to China and the rest of the world.” 

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