
Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.... (Full plot summary below)
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Trace the rise of contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang from childhood in Mao's China to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession: Sky Ladder.
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| Village VoiceSam WeisbergThe film, in the end, is a celebration of a humble artist who easily could have been - and perhaps deserves to be - a megalomaniac. |
| NonficsChristopher Campbell"Few documentaries about an artist need to make you appreciate the person. This one does. It's an endearing portrait of someone with a lot of integrity and humanity." |
| ScreenAnarchyJason GorberWith Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang [McDonald's] experience comes to the fore, constructing a film that packs into a feature length running time an impactful and engaging look at this fine subject. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterGives us a sense of the childlike glee Guo-Qiang still finds in his work and of a family life scarred by China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA visually stimulating documentary about the light shows, fireworks, and explosive events of a creative Chinese artist. |
| Pasadena WeeklyJana MonjiIn the fascinating documentary Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang, director Kevin Macdonald helps audiences understand the political and social forces that helped develop one of China's major artists and his journey. |
| Moveable FestStephen SaitoFor as tall as Cai imagines his latest effort will rise, the audience may actually feel as if they've been lifted even higher. |
| FanboyNation.comSean MulvihillThe artistry on display in Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is unlike anything I've ever seen, and definitely not the kind of art you could catch in any art district throughout the world. |
| Epoch TimesJoe BendelAltogether, Sky Ladder: the Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is an unusually complex and intelligent profile of one of the most important contemporary artists of our time. |
| Fresh FictionCourtney HowardIf you're into art, or simply just have a mild appreciation of it, this is the documentary for you. |