Three decades of Asia Pacific Triennial on tour
Michel Tuffery, New Zealand b.1966 / Povi tau vaga (The challenge) 1999 / Aluminium, pinewood, corn beef tins and rivets with Mini DV: 2:43 minutes, colour, stereo / Two sculptures: 190 x 308 x 96cm; two sculptures: 59 x 109 x 38cm / Purchased 1999. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Michel Tuffery / View full image
Experience highlights from our long-running Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) series of exhibitions, when ‘Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of APT’ featuring works of art commissioned or collected from APT1 (1993) through to APT9 (2018) tours Queensland from December 2021 until July 2024.
‘Asia Pacific Contemporary’ profiles key moments which has contributed so much to our audience’s engagement with and understanding of contemporary art and culture in the region and also underscores the success of the APT’s role in QAGOMA’s collection development strategies, highlighting internationally significant works by leading artists dating from the 1980s to the present day.
The exhibition includes works in a diversity of media including painting, sculpture, works on paper, video and performance, reflecting APT’s embrace of contemporary art in all its forms, ranging from the ceremonial to the conceptual, and the deeply personal to the resolutely social. These vibrant and innovative works encompass diverse customary practices and cultural encounters, and illustrate extraordinary social change over almost thirty years.
Michel Tuffery (New Zealand)
APT3 collaboration performance artwork between Michel Tuffery and Patrice Kaikilekofe
Lee Wen (Singapore)
Lee Wen, Singapore b.1957 / Journey of a yellow man no. 13: Fragmented bodies/shifting ground 1999 / Videotape: 10:30 minutes, colour, stereo / Purchased 2000. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Estate of Lee Wen / View full image
APT3 performance artwork by Lee Wen
Lorraine Connelly-Northey (Australia)
Lorraine Connelly-Northey , Waradgerie people , Australia b.1962 / Narbong 2012 / Rusted reinforcing mesh and steel irrigation pipe / 160 x 170 x 15cm / Purchased 2012. Queensland Art Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Lorraine Connelly-Northey / View full image
Tomoko Kashiki (Japan)
Tomoko Kashiki , Japan b.1982 / I am a rock 2012 / Synthetic polymer paint, masking tape on linen on plywood / 162 x 227.5cm / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2013 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Tomoko Kashiki / View full image
Risham Syed (Pakistan)
Risham Syed, Pakistan b.1969 / Untitled 4 (from ‘Lahore’ series) 2015 / Synthetic polymer paint on canvas on aluminium / 10.2 x 15.3cm / Purchased 2015. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Risham Syed / View full image
Zheng Guogu (China)
Zheng Guogu, China, b.1970 / Grand Visionary Transformation of Hevajra 2016 / Oil on canvas / 197 x 134cm / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art / Purchased 2017 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Zheng Guogu / View full image
Idas Losin (Taiwan)
Idas Losin, Taiwan b.1976 / Floating 2017 / Oil on canvas / 135 x 179cm / Purchased 2019. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Idas Losin / View full image
Venues 2021-2024
Noosa Regional Gallery / 10 December 2021 – 27 February 2022
Logan Art Gallery / 4 March – 16 April 2022
Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery / 7 May – 3 July 2022
John Mullins Memorial Art Gallery, Dogwood Crossing, Miles / 9 July – 20 August 2022
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery / 10 September – 30 October 2022
Artspace Mackay / 2 December 2022 – 5 February 2023
Cairns Art Gallery / 18 February – 16 April 2023
Caboolture Regional Art Gallery / 6 May – 22 July 2023
Redland Art Gallery / 20 August – 8 October 2023
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville / 4 November 2023 – 20 January 2024
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery & Museum / 3 February – 20 April 2024
Hervey Bay Regional Gallery / 4 May – 14 July 2024
‘Asia Pacific Contemporary: Three Decades of APT’ commences its tour during the opening week of ‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, showing in Brisbane from 4 December 2021 to 26 April 2022, and is presented in parallel with regional touring exhibitions ‘Asia Pacific Video’ and ‘APT10 Kids on Tour’.
Featured image: Michel Tuffery, New Zealand b.1966 / Povi tau vaga (The challenge) 1999 / Aluminium, pinewood, corn beef tins and rivets with Mini DV: 2:43 minutes, colour, stereo / Two sculptures: 190 x 308 x 96cm; two sculptures: 59 x 109 x 38cm / Purchased 1999. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / © Michel Tuffery