Hot Shots

Viennese art-loving pyromaniacs rejoice. This fall the art of two committed incendiarists goes on view in the Austrian capital. From November 5, 1999, to February 27, 2000, the Kunsthalle will survey Cai Guo-Qiang's experiments with gunpowder, fire, water, wood, and earth, including a firework "installation" marking the site to which the gallery will relocate in 2001.

Over at the Secession, from October 8 to November 18, Roman Signer (hot from the Venice success) will show objects, installations, films, and photographs documenting the transformative processes - burning, exploding, melting away - with which he has long been preoccupied. Bring your own asbestos blanket.

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