The Orient (San-Jo Tower)

The Orient (San-Jo Tower)

tower; levels; pieces; brown

A brown tower made of pieces of wood stands tall in an empty room. The tower is composed of square layers that get progressively smaller the higher up they are. Rectangular pieces of wood stick out from each cube’s corners and one sticks vertically up out of the top.

Cai Guo-Qiang (1957-)

Born: December 8, 1957 (Quanzhou, Fujian, China)

8321, Visual Resources Library, EL

1995

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Instillation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

Art Form: Sculpture
Material: salvaged wood from a sunken boat, seismograph, and soil
Measurements: variable

20th century; Contemporary