the artist considers play as a form of freedom, and asks what we lose when we can no longer experiment without being watched.

image courtesy Saint Laurent and Cai Studio

image courtesy Saint Laurent and Cai Studio

Cai Guo-Qiang at his NACT exhibition | image courtesy Cai Studio
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