Design
Shanghai's Newest Art Exhibit Includes an Ark Filled With Stuffed Animals
Cai Guo-Qiang's haunting installations reflect on nature—and the horrible things people keep doing to it.
After setting sail a month ago, an old boat full of real-looking stuffed animals* has arrived inside Shanghai's Power Station of Art.
It's just one of many pieces from Cai Guo-Qiang's new solo exhibit, The Ninth Wave, which contemplates man's destruction of nature. It's a theme not lost on Shanghai residents, who live with frequently poor air quality and last year saw 16,000 dead pigs float down the Huangpu river after farmers in a neighboring province dumped them into the water.