The much-anticipated exhibition from innovative artist Cai Guo-Qiang is set to present audiences with three incredible installations, including two works that have been inspired by the natural landscapes of Southeast Queensland. His feature installation Heritage 2013 will bring 99 replica animals from around the world together, all sipping the waters of a blue lake surrounded by white sand. Inspired by a visit to Stradbroke Island in 2011, Cai Guo-Qiang created a lake that is reminiscent of a scenic Moreton Bay setting.

A second installation, entitled Eucalyptus 2013, characterises the ancient trees of Lamington National Park in the Gold Coast hinterland. In the third and final installation of the gallery’s Falling Back to Earth exhibition, 99 artificial wolves leap overhead into a glass wall, in an installation named Head On 2006 – appearing for the first time in Australia. The artist’s thought-provoking vision of earth, people’s relationships with it and with one another, is both tranquil and dynamic. The exhibition will run until Sunday May 11, 2014. Browse the opening weekend program, including an in-conversation with the artist and tea ceremonies, here.

Image credit:
Cai Guo-Qiang / Heritage (artist’s impression) 2013 / 99 life-sized replicas of various animals, water, sand / Installed dimensions variable / Commissioned for ‘Cai Guo Qiang: Falling Back to Earth’, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Courtesy the artist