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Art: CAI Guo-Qiang's 'Head On'.(art installatione exhibit)(Brief article)
Byline: Cathleen McGuigan
Of all the astonishing works in Cai Guo-Qiang's exhibition "I Want to Believe" at New York's Guggenheim Museum, the one I can't get out of my head is "Head On." The piece consisted of 99 full-size synthetic wolves stampeding up the museum's spiral ramp with such force that the front of the pack lifts up into an arc of flight, like Santa's reindeer--only to crash headlong into a wall of glass. Oof! Cai is best known for art events using choreographed explosions--shown off to spectacular effect at the opening ceremonies of the Beijing ...
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