Cai Guo-Qiang will be in Guggenheim

Cai Guo-Qiang is Chinese artist who will have solo exhibition in Guggenheim museum from 22th of this month. I am looking forward to see this exhibition because of its scale. But I am still wandering if he has his own theme that viewers can figure out.

The title—which alludes to a text from the third century (known as Sanguozhi)—refers to an episode in which the general Zhuge Liang, facing an imminent attack from the enemy, manages to replenish a depleted store of arrows. According to legend, Zhuge Liang tricked the enemy by sailing across the Yangtze river through the thick mist of early dawn with a surrogate army made of straw, while his soldiers remained behind yelling and beating on drums. Mistaking the pandemonium for a surprise attack, the enemy showered the decoys with volleys of arrows. Thus the general returned triumphantly with a freshly captured store of weapons.
Surreptitiously gathering strength from one's opponent is also a strategic principle in martial arts. Turning to a militaristic episode and a cultural practice, Cai not only suggests a defensive strategy in the face of foreign intervention, but also creates a poetic metaphor in the image of a wounded body transcending pain and floating in a cloud of feathered arrows.

I know he referred chinese ancient story and which is also I like it. But I should ask him why you want to create a poetic metaphor in the image of a wounded body. I know he is interested in representing "hurt", but I don't know why. When he mentions about the reason of this, he always says chinese philosophy. He even say this philosophy is deep and you may not understand. I think he gives up to describe essential part of his work. What do you think?