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Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder is the first West Coast solo museum exhibition of the work of artist Cai Guo-Qiang. Known for his explosion projects and gunpowder drawings. Cai’s work integrates manual technique and new, highly sophisticated developments in pyrotechnic technology.

Mystery Circle: Explosion Project for MOCA, Los Angeles, is the latest work in Cai’s Projects for Extraterrestrials series that began in 1989 and has since included more than 30 works. Located on the northern exterior wall of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, the piece will be ignited on April 7 to create a spectacular explosion, including pyrotechnic flying saucers, burning crop circles, and an alien god.

M+B, Los Angeles’ premiere photography gallery in my opinion presents Compulsion, an exhibition of new work by contemporary artist Alex Prager. The exhibition will feature a selection of color photographs from the series, as well as the artist’s new short film, La Petite Mort, with accompanying film stills. The exhibition will be shown simultaneously in Los Angeles, New York and London. Compulsion runs from April 7 through March 12, 2012.

Opening Reception for the artist: Saturday, April 7 from 6 to 8 pm.

Born in 1979, Alex Prager is a self-taught photographer who lives in Los Angeles, California. Featured in MoMA’s New Photography 2010, Prager’s work has been exhibited at institutions worldwide. Additionally, her photographs are in the permanent collection of several major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), the San Francisco Museum of Art and the Moderna Museet (Stockholm). Her work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times Magazine, Vogue, W Magazine and Art in America.

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