Cai Guo-Qiang Blows Up a Tree on the National Mall

By Joshua Yospyn | Published Nov 30, 2012 @ 19:00 pm

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Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang (third image down, left side) blew up a pine tree in front of the Smithsonian Freer and Sackler Gallery on the National Mall this afternoon.  I expected the tree to disintegrate, but it appeared completely undamaged.  Black ash surrounded the nearby area after the explosion.

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Philippa Hughes at the Tree Explosion 3362

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