{"product_id":"2026200011650-secondhand-cai-guo-qiang-the-transient-landscape","title":"Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew contemporary artists command the intersection of spectacle and philosophy with the authority of Cai Guo-Qiang, and Cai Guo-Qiang: The Transient Landscape stands as a definitive record of his singular vision. Published in conjunction with his landmark exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), this volume chronicles the Chinese-born, internationally celebrated artist's immersive installations and pyrotechnic works, situating them within the vast, ever-shifting dialogue between humanity and nature. Edited by Ma Qiusha-Dang and Yuko Hasegawa, the text presents a rigorous curatorial perspective, guiding readers through works that dissolve the boundaries between the ephemeral and the eternal, the destructive and the sublime.\n\nCai Guo-Qiang's practice draws deeply from Taoist philosophy, traditional Chinese culture, and the visceral language of gunpowder — a medium he has made unmistakably his own — to argue that art can be simultaneously a cosmic event and an intimate human gesture. This publication details the conceptual architecture behind his most ambitious projects, weaving together scholarly essays, stunning visual documentation, and the artist's own reflections. For anyone seeking to understand one of the most consequential artistic voices of our era, The Transient Landscape raises one irresistible question: when the smoke clears, what remains?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160887992539,"sku":"2026200011650-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/44e62663-e926-47d0-bde3-19d0258f7fdf.png?v=1787187996","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011650-secondhand-cai-guo-qiang-the-transient-landscape","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}