I Want to Believe is an exhibition to date of the innovative body of work by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang—best known for his spectacular artworks using gunpowder. It presents a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artist’s creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: drawings made from gunpowder fuses and explosive powders laid on paper and ignited; explosion events, documented by videos, photographs, and preparatory drawings; large-scale installations; and social projects, wherein the artist works with local communities to create an art event or exhibitions site, documented by photographs.
Head On, 2006 - Installation. First realized August 2006 at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, for the exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On. 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall; wolves: papier-máché, plaster, fiberglass, resin, and painted hide; dimensions variable. Deutsche Bank Collection, commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG.
Installation view at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 2006. Photo: Hiro Ihara, courtesy Cai Studio