Falling Back to Earth

November 23, 2013–May 12, 2014

Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane

Curated by Russell Storer, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art

Heritage
2013
99 life-sized replicas of animals, water, sand, drip mechanism
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by with funds from the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through and with the assistance of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation
Collection of Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Installation views at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013.

Photo by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Installation view at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2014.
Photo by Jon Linkins, courtesy Queensland Art Gallery ׀ Gallery of Modern Art

Head On
2006
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall. Wolves: gauze, resin, and hide
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG
Benesse Art Site Naoshima Collection

Installation view at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2009.

Photo by Erika Barahona-Ede, ©FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, 2009.

Illusion II
2006
9 minutes and 2 seconds, loop
Two-channel video installation
Installation dimensions variable

Installation view at Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 2006.

Photo by Mathias Schorrman, courtesy Deutsche Bank

Installation view at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2014.
Photo by Jon Linkins, courtesy Queensland Art Gallery ׀ Gallery of Modern Art

 

Eucalyptus
2013
Spotted gum (Corymbia maculata), wooden stools, paper and pencils
Length: 3150cm (approx.)
Commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art for the exhibition Falling Back to Earth
[Artwork Not Extant]

Installation view at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2014.

Photo by Queensland Art Gallery ׀ Gallery of Modern Art

Tea Pavilion
2013
Spotted gum (Corymbia maculata), wooden stools, Fujian Tie Guan Yin tea and video documentary
Dimensions variable
Commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art for the exhibition Falling Back to Earth
[Artwork Not Extant]

Installation view at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2014.

Photo by Yuyu Chen, courtesy Cai Studio

Timeline
2013
Installation incorporating artworks, artefacts, photographs and ephemera
Dimensions variable

Installation view at Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013.

Photo by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Brisbane Project Archive
2013
Installation incorporating preliminary sketches, drawings, letters, documents, photographs and ephemera
Collection of the artist and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Research Library Archive

Installation view at Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013.

Photo by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art

Let’s Create an Exhibition with a Boy Named Cai
2013
Site-specific installation: 2D digital cut-out Celaction animation, 5:30 minutes, sound, colour, multimedia tablets, headphones, ultra short throw projectors, LCD monitors, speakers, plywood, digital print, pencils, paper, sticky tape, paddle pop sticks, raffia string
Dimensions variable

Commissioned by Commissioned for Falling Back To Earth by the Queensland Art Gallery │ Gallery of Modern Art Children’s Art Centre with support from the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation

Children using an interactive app to design virtual fireworks at Children Art Centre, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2013.

Photo by Katie Bennett, courtesy Queensland Art Gallery ׀ Gallery of Modern Art

Cai Guo-Qiang, William Barton, Wang Xinxin, and Voices of Birralee

Sound of the Earth
2013
approximately 12 minutes
Didgeridoo, dongxiao (Chinese vertical flute), pipa, sanxian (three-string instrument)
Commissioned by Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art for Falling Back to Earth

Installation view at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 2014.

Photo by Brodie Standen, courtesy Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art