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Pushkin Museum accepts old strollers for the Russian Revolution art project

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Pushkin Museum accepts old strollers for the Russian Revolution art project


15.06.2017

Cai Guo-Qiang, Sketch for Autumn, 2016. Courtesy of Cai StudioThe Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts plans to collect 350 used strollers for an installation of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. His first solo exhibition in Russia named Cai Guo-Qiang: October will reflect the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. His artworks will be placed outdoors and indoors, and include installations, gunpowder paintings, a multi-media video installation, and small-scale sculptures and sketches.

The outdoor installation titled Autumn will present a man-made mountain composed of birch trees and hundreds of baby strollers donated by Moscow residents. “Cai Guo-Qiang wants to use strollers with history, strollers in which children have grown,” explain the exhibit curators.

The installation is to appear in front of the Pushkin museum this fall. The strollers are being accepted until September, 5. As a gratitude for those who donate a stroller the museum will invite them to the exhibition and can give a postcard with the artists' autograph.

59 years old Cai Guo-Qiang lives and works in New York. He became known with his gunpowder artwork. In 1999 he won the 48th Venice Biennale International Golden Lion Prize and 2001 CalArts/Alpert Award in the Arts. He also widely known as the Director of Visual and Special Effects for ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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