Artist displays "powder painting"
2011-09-21 06:16:54 GMT2011-09-21 14:16:54(Beijing Time)
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Cai Guoqiang (R) and staff members ignite powder to create the "powder painting" Leifeng Pagoda at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou City, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 20, 2011. (Xinhua/Liang Zhen)
Staff members display the "powder painting" Leifeng Pagoda at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou City, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 20, 2011. (Xinhua/Liang Zhen)
Cai Guoqiang arranges powder blast points before creating the "powder painting" Leifeng Pagoda at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou City, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 20, 2011. (Xinhua/Liang Zhen)
Cai Guoqiang casts powder on the draft of "powder painting" Leifeng Pagoda at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou City, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 20, 2011. (Xinhua/Liang Zhen)
Cai Guoqiang (front) and staff members test the effect of powder before creating the "powder painting" Leifeng Pagoda at Zhejiang Art Museum in Hangzhou City, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 20, 2011.
The powder painting Leifeng Pagoda, initiated by Cai Guoqiang, an artist specilizing in creating art by powder blast on canvas, paper or wooden board, is painted through igniting delicately-arranged powder blast points. Cai Guoqiang is famous for his powder art design of 29 footprints in the sky during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
