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Inner energy, cosmic force
Unknown | Untitled (Chakraman) (detail) late 19th century | Distemper on cotton | 293 x 51.5cm | Purchased 2010 with funds from the Henry and Amanda Bartlett Trust through the Queensland Art Gallery...
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The ‘Chakraman’ meets the Conservator
Conserving Untitled (Chakraman) Receiving and unpacking new acquisitions can be an exciting but also nervous moment for a Gallery conservator. This is the first opportunity to catch a glimpse of the...
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APT8 One Year Out: Hong Kong, South Korea
Do Ho Suh, Home Within Home Within Home Within Home Within Home, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul QAGOMA’s Asian and Pacific Art curators travelled the region last year to conduct...
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APT8 One Year Out: China, Mongolia
Statue of Sükhbaatar, Ulaanbaatar China remains a focus in our research toward APT8, but, as with anything regarding this remarkable country at this point in its history, the focus is shifting and...
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APT8 One Year Out: India, Nepal
Hauz Khas Complex, South Delhi India has remained a pivotal part of the history of the APT. April last year, I travelled to India with Maud Page, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibitions during the...
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APT8 One Year Out: NZ, Hawai‘i, PNG, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia
Performance by Kivori Baurana group, 5th Melanesian Festival of Arts and Culture, Port Moresby, July 2014 With performance in its various forms proposed as a major theme for APT8, I felt that the...
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APT8 One Year Out: Taiwan, Japan
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, October 2014 Though hampered by ambiguous diplomatic status with regard to mainland China, and somewhat overshadowed by the meteoric rise of Chinese art in international...
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APT8 One Year Out: Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar
The White Building, Phnom Penh, June 2014 In June 2014, QAGOMA Director Chris Saines and I embarked on a three-country tour of mainland South-East Asia, landing first in a hot and wet Phnom Penh. We...
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Highlight: Leang Seckon ‘Indochina’
Leang Seckon, Cambodia b.1974 / Indochina 2014 / Mixed media and collage on canvas / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / ©...
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APT8: Malaysia and Indonesia
Hamish Sawyer (centre, left) and José Da Silva (far left) meeting artists at Platform 3, Bandung, Indonesia, October 2014 / Image courtesy: José Da Silva In 2014, Hamish Sawyer travelled to Malaysia...
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APT8: United Arab Emirates and West Asia
Top: Soviet-era mosaic with graffiti, Tbilisi, Georgia / Bottom: A. Kasteev Art Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan / Images courtesy: Simon Wright In 2014 Ellie Buttrose and Simon Wright journeyed to the...
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Highlight: Edwin Roseno ‘Green hypermarket’ series
Edwin Roseno, Indonesia b.1979 / Premna microphylla (from ‘Green hypermarket’ series) 2011–12 / 150 digital prints on aluminium, ed.1/5 / Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery...
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APT8: Philippines and Vietnam
José Da Silva and Hamish Sawyer at dinner with (l-r) Zoe Butt, Dinh Q Lê, Rich Streitmatter-Tran, and Chuong-Ðài Võ / Image courtesy: José Da Silva In 2014, Hamish Sawyer travelled to Vietnam and the...
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Major exhibition of Contemporary Asian and Pacific Art opens in Brisbane
The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art’s flagship exhibition focussed on the work of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. This eighth...
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APT8 Live
Anida Yoeu Ali’s The Buddhist Bug 2015 Throughout ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art‘ (APT8) the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) will be animated by APT8...
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APT8 One Year Out: India, Nepal
Hauz Khas Complex, South Delhi India has remained a pivotal part of the history of the APT. April last year, I travelled to India with Maud Page, Deputy Director, Collection and Exhibitions during the...
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