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Cai Guo-Qiang Falling Back to Earth

When

23 Nov 2013 – 12 May 2014

Where

Gallery of Modern Art

About

'Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth' presents major new works by a truly global artist, whose large-scale installations and explosion events have made him one of the most innovative figures in contemporary art. Over the past 25 years, Cai Guo-Qiang has held solo exhibitions at some of the world's most prestigious art institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York. Following recent exhibitions in Qatar, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Rio de Janeiro and Venice, QAGOMA presents the artist's first solo exhibition in Australia.

'Falling Back to Earth' features four installations, including two newly commissioned works directly inspired by the landscapes of southeast Queensland, which the artist visited in 2011. The centrepiece of the exhibition — Heritage 2013 — features 99 replicas of animals from around the world, gathered together to drink from a blue lake surrounded by pristine white sand, reminiscent of the lakes of Moreton Bay's islands. Heritage has been acquired for the Gallery's Collection with the generous support of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Diversity Foundation through and with the assistance of the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation. The second installation, Eucalyptus 2013, responds to the ancient trees of Lamington National Park in the Gold Coast hinterland, while the third — Head On 2006 — is a striking installation of 99 artificial wolves leaping en masse into a glass wall, on display in Australia for the first time.

Both spectacular and meditative, 'Falling Back to Earth' presents a beautiful, thought-provoking vision of our relationship with the earth and with each other.

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