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BEIJING, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The Chinese artist who created the fireworks for the Beijing Olympics said he will set off an explosion Friday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Cai Guo-Qiang, 52, said he will inaugurate his two-venue show, "Fallen Blossoms," Friday with a 60-second explosion on a large apparatus shaped like a flower on the scaffolding of the building, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Cai said he will follow the explosion with the ignition of a gunpowder drawing at Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop an hour and a half after the explosion at sunset. The artist said the gunpowder drawing is designed to create charred areas and smoky textures when a fuse is lit.
The artist, who has assured the museum no permanent damage will be done by the explosion, said his "Fallen Blossoms" show will run through March.
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