Playing on the pervasiveness of images of distruction and devastation in the news and in the hollywood movies, artists are making works that range from violent to chillingly disquieting. On a hot afternoon in December 2011, artist Cai Guo-Qiang set off a series of explosions in the desert outside of Doha, Qatar. Plumes of black smoke made patterns against the stark blue sky, and a rainbow appeared over the landscape.
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