The Guardian
Evoking the classic dive books popularized by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, this limited-edition, leatherbound publication follows the underwater expedition that accompanied Damien Hirst s latest project,
Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable. Shot in the Indian Ocean over a number of years, the extraordinary underwater images of the artworks recovery were photographed by Christoph Gerigk, who has twice been awarded the World Press Photo Foundation s prize for international photojournalism for his work on Egypt s sunken cities. Also featured are photographs of the above-water operation by Steve Russell Studios. Signed by the artist and numbered in an edition of 1,000, the publication includes 128 full-color images, 94 of which are double-page spreads. The book s pages feature a die-cut hole and gold-edged paper.
2020/12/31 14:43 Cai Guo-qiang and HTC Vive Arts launch VR fireworks. (Cai Studio photo) Cai Guo-qiang and HTC Vive Arts launch VR fireworks. (Cai Studio photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-qiang s (蔡國強) new exhibition featuring a virtual reality collaboration with Taiwan s HTC VIVE Arts kicked off at the Palace Museum in Beijing on Dec. 15, according to a press release from Eslite Gallery. Born in 1957, Cai Guo-qiang currently lives and works in New York City. He is famous for using gunpowder as an artistic medium to apply paint to canvas. His latest retrospective, Odyssey and Homecoming, is curated by Sir Simon Schama, professor of History and Art History at Columbia University and a noted public intellectual. The exhibition was co-organized with the commission for the XXIV Olympic Winter Games.