Image

Cai Guo-Qiang

Sky Ladder [Photographic Documentation]

Description

Maker

Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese, b. 1957 in Quanzhou, China), (RISD BFA 2012, Sculpture)
Wen-You Cai (b. in Tokyo, Japan), photographer

Title

Sky Ladder [Photographic Documentation]

Year

2015

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

Image: 74.9 x 48.3 cm (29 1/2 x 19 inches) (sight)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and dated with "AP" in silver marker LR corner of image

Identification

State

Artist Proof outside of an edition of 25

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Wen-You Cai

Object Number

2018.65

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Listen!
Jul 06, 2024 – Jan 05, 2025

Label copy

Endless ladder falling from the sky,

renders the sky red and bright.

Is that the way to heaven?

I asked.

I don’t know,

you answered.

How can I get there?

You told me to wait.

For years I waited,

not knowing when you’ll come back.

I looked up,

the ladder is gone.

But I believed

you are waiting for me on the

other end of the ladder.

–Toto, RAC member

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Tombstone

Cai Guo-Qiang (Chinese, b. 1957 in Quanzhou, China)
Wen-You Cai (b. in Tokyo, Japan), photographer
Sky Ladder [Photographic Documentation], 2015
Chromogenic print
Image: 74.9 x 48.3 cm (29 1/2 x 19 inches) (sight)
Gift of Wen-You Cai 2018.65

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