Catalogue of Cai Guoqiang's solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum, New York and the National Art Museum of China, Beijing in 2008. 'Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe' accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition to date of the innovative body of work by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang — best known for his spectacular artworks using gunpowder and fireworks. It presents a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artist's creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: drawings made from gunpowder fuses and explosive powders laid on paper and ignited; explosion events, documented by videos, photographs and preparatory drawings; large-scale installations; and social projects, wherein the artist works with local communities to create an art event or exhibition site, documented by photographs. Featuring works from the 1980s to the present, this volume illuminates Cai's significant formal and conceptual contributions to contemporary international art practices and social activism. With essays by Alexandra Munroe, David Joselit, Miwon Kwon and Wang Hui. A chronology of the artist is also provided in the catalogue.