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University of Chicago’s Pyrotechnic Artwork Commemorates 75th Anniversary of First Nuclear Reaction

Pyrotechnic artwork
Cai Guo-Qiang (b. 1957, Quanzhou, China; lives in New York), Color Mushroom Cloud. Dec. 2 2017, 3:25 p.m. CST. Color comets and PixelBurst™ Aerial shells. 75 meters tall. Realized above the former CP-1 site, University of Chicago. The work is a commission of UChicago Arts and the Smart Museum of Art. Photo by: John Zich

Cai Guo-Qiang’s work part of two days of events at UChicago

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2017

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By: Andrew Bauld and Louise Lerner

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