Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling back to earth

170 171 List of works CAI Guo-Qiang China/United States b.1957 Head On 2006 99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass wall. Wolves: gauze, resin and painted hide Installed dimensions variable Commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG The Deutsche Bank Collection Illusion II 2006 Two-channel video installation, 9:01 minutes, looped, ed. of 5 Videographer: Araki Takahisa Editor: Lauren Petty Deutsche Bank Collection (1/5) Collection: The artist Commissioned by Deutsche Bank AG This piece is based on Illusion II: Explosion Project Realised at Möckernstrasse / Stresemannstrasse, Berlin, 11 July 2006 2000 assorted firework shells, plaster, wood and cardboard Eucalyptus 2013 Spotted gum ( Corymbia maculata ), wooden stools, paper and pencils Length approx. 3150cm Site-specific installation commissioned for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth’, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Heritage 2013 99 life-sized replicas of animals. Animals: polystyrene, gauze, resin and hide Installed with artificial waterhole: water, sand and drip mechanism 4780cm (l) x 2300cm (w) (installed, approx.) Commissioned for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth’. Purchased 2013 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 Tea Pavilion 2013 Spotted gum ( Corymbia maculata ), wooden stools, Fujian Tie Guan Yin tea and video documentary Weekly gongfu tea ceremony Installed dimensions variable Site-specific installation commissioned for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back to Earth’, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Childrens’ Art Centre 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 Installed dimensions variable Commissioned for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: 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 Performance Sound of the Earth 2013 Performance realised at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 21–24 November 2013 Cai Guo-Qiang: Artistic Director William Barton: Didgeridoo Wang Xinxin: Dongxiao, Pipa, Sanxian Aunty Delmae Barton: Vocals Voices of Birralee: Choir Dr Nicholas Ng: Consultant Commissioned for ‘Cai Guo-Qiang: Falling Back To Earth’ Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Gallery of Modern Art Foyer Cai Guo-Qiang’s Timeline 1957–2013 Installation incorporating artworks, artefacts, photographs and ephemera Installed dimensions variable Collection: The artist Cai Guo-Qiang Brisbane Project Archive 1996–2013 Installation incorporating preliminary sketches, drawings, letters, documents, photographs and ephemera Installed dimensions variable Collection: The artist and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Research Library Archive Selected Explosion Events 1990–2013 Single-channel video: 19:17 minutes, sound, colour Videography: Araki Takahisa, Jan Deboutte (Courtesy S.M.A.K.), NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Central China TV, Shanghai Oriental TV Station, John Borst, ADabisc, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Zhang Keming, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) and Mathias Nyholm Schmidt, Simon Weyhe, Chen Lei and Cai Studio; edited by Araki Takahisa, Lauren Petty, Zhang Keming, Mathias Nyholm Schmidt, Simon Weyhe, Chen Lei and Cai Studio. Courtesy: The artist Queensland Art Gallery Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No.28) 1996 Spent gunpowder and Indian ink on Japanese paper Nine sheets: 300 x 1800cm (overall) Purchased 1996 Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Cai Guo-Qiang creating the gunpowder drawing Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No.28) 1996 Queensland Performing Arts Centre car park, 20 September 1996 Video documentation: 13:41 minutes Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Research Library