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# Cai Guo-Qiang: Inopportune
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/cai-guo-qiang-inopportune/
- Published: 2005-03-03T00:00:22.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:18:12.000Z
- Description: The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Commissioned New York based artist Cai Guo-Qiang to create a work expressing his…
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The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Commissioned New York based artist [Cai Guo-Qiang](http://www.joshrubin.com/cgi-bin/axs/ax.pl?http://www.caiguoqiang.com/&ref=protein.xyz) to create a work expressing his view on the current state of global affairs. The result is Inopportune, a four stage installation, *an eerie dream of dazzling lights and ghostly cars, tigers and arrows, explosions and stillness.* These images are of Stage One, the brilliant centerpiece of the show. Nine cars explode and flip in sequence with illuminations radiating like fireworks or comic book explosions. All images © [Josh Rubin](http://www.joshrubin.com/joshrubin.html?ref=protein.xyz).

![](http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/images/Img2005-02-26-0041-1.jpg)

![](http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/images/Img2005-02-26-0027.jpg)

![](http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/images/Img2005-02-26-0060-1.jpg)

![](http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/images/Img2005-02-26-0033.jpg)

![](http://www.joshrubin.com/coolhunting/images/Img2005-02-26-0057.jpg)

Breath taking, by far the most impressive installation I've seen for a long time. If only I could get down to Massachusetts.