Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
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Zhu Weibing, Ji Wenyu | People holding flowers (detail) 2007 | The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2008 with funds from Michael Simcha Baevski through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is the Queensland Art Gallery’s flagship international contemporary art event. It is the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, including Australia.
Since the first triennial in 1993, more than a million people have visited the exhibitions, peaking with more than 700 000 visitors to APT5 in 2006. Reflecting the diversity of the Asia Pacific region, each APT has presented a broad range of artists and their works.
'The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT6) will be at the Gallery of Modern Art and the Queensland Art Gallery from 5 December 2009 to 14 March 2010.
APT6 will have a number of specific focuses and thematic links while considering recent shifts in contemporary art in communities that have not been represented in the APT before, including works by artists from Tibet, North Korea, Turkey and Iran, and from countries of the Mekong region such as Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma). APT6 will also acknowledge the innovation that exists in performance and music in Asia and the Pacific. To this end, the Pacific Reggae Project will look at this musical genre as it has developed in Hawaii, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and New Zealand.
Artists are selected according to their significance and unique engagement with the Asia Pacific region. APT6 will include artists and collaborations that reflect the diversity of practices across Asia, the Pacific and Australia. A list of artists will be announced shortly.
An exhibition catalogue will be available from the Gallery Store, Gallery Store Modern and online.
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The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is an initiative of the Queensland Art Gallery.
This project has been supported by The Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.
Other Asia Pacific programs
The Queensland Art Gallery's ongoing commitment to the Asia Pacific Triennial and to Asian and Pacific art is reflected in its Collection, exhibitions, children's programs, research and publishing. It has also led to the establishment of the Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art (ACAPA) to foster alliances, scholarship and publishing.
