Cai Guo-Qiang’s Explosive Gunpowder Performance.
Cai Guo-Qiang igniting gunpowder drawing White Tone, in Brookhaven, New York, 2016.
Photo: Wen-You Cai
Cai Guo-Qiang White Tone (2016).
Photo: Photo: Wen-You Cai
Museum Opens First Major Spliff Exhibition on National ‘Weed Day’.
A Lemon Kush cannabis plant.
Photo: Flickr user eggrole, courtesy Oakland Museum of California.
Both museums and graphic designers are jumping on the 4/20 bandwagon, taking a close look at marijuana on National Marijuana Day.
The Oakland Museum of California has opened the exhibition “Altered State: Marijuana in California,” which it claims is the first museum show to concentrate on the controversial plant. The show’s contents range from fine art to protest posters and multimedia displays exploring the scientific, recreational, medicinal, and even religious aspects of pot.
“The roles of museums in today’s world are shifting,” says museum director Lori Fogarty. “We are dedicated to being a place where people can come learn about complex topics and, more importantly, add their voices and stories to the dialogue.”
“Altered State: Marijuana in California” is on view at the Oakland Museum of California April 16–September 25, 2016.
Human ingenuity continues to amaze me -- I just wish (even) more of it was used for good (like this incredible art). The added bonus here is the teamwork and the performance aspect. This would be incredible to see.
I agree. I would love to see this in person. I love the minds of artists, always reaching. It would be nice if more humans were concerned with good, rather than trying to stomp on one another.