‘The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial’
Dec 2009 -
Apr 2010
'The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT6) included the work of more than 100 artists from 25 countries, including collaborations and collectives, which reflect the diversity of practices across Asia, the Pacific and Australia.
APT6 had 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 (DPRK), Turkey and Iran, and from countries of the Mekong region such as Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma).
APT6 acknowledged the innovation that exists in performance and music in Asia and the Pacific with the 'Pacific Reggae Project' looking at the development of the musical genre in Hawai'i, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and New Zealand.
The major thematic cinema program for APT6 looked west to explore cultural constellations across the Indian subcontinent (Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Kashmir, Pakistan) to West Asia and the Middle East (including Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine).
FEATURE IMAGE: Works installed for APT6, 2009 / Photograph: QAGOMA
ARTISTS: Minam Apang | Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan | Chen Chieh-Jen | Chen Qiulin | Cheo Chai-Hiang | DAMP | Solomon Enos | Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian | Subodh Gupta | Gonkar Gyatso | Kyungah Ham | Ho Tzu Nyen | Emre Hüner | Raafat Ishak | Runa Islam | Ayaz Jokhio | Takeshi Kitano | Ang Lee | Mansudae Art Studio | Rudi Mantofani | Mataso Printers | The Mekong: Bùi Công Khánh, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Sopheap Pich, Manit Sriwanichpoom, Svay Ken, Tun Win Aung & Wah Nu, Vandy Rattana | Tracey Moffatt | Farhad Moshiri | Kohei Nawa | Shinji Ohmaki | The One Year Drawing Project | Pacific Reggae: Roots Beyond the Reef | Rithy Panh | Reuben Paterson | Campbell Patterson | Wit Pimkanchanapong | Qiu Anxiong | Kibong Rhee | Hiraki Sawa | Shirana Shahbazi | Shooshie Sulaiman | Thukral & Tagra | Charwei Tsai | Vanuatu Sculptors | Rohan Wealleans | Leba Toki, Bale Jione & Robin White | Yang Shaobin | Yao Jui-Chung | YNG | Zhu Weibing & Ji Wenyu
Collection artworks featured in ‘The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial’
![Artwork [Mineral-05-2007] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2007-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.151_001_3.jpg?itok=XpHAYcvl "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Kings Canyon-01-2008] from 'Landschaften' series this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on aluminium, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.156_001_3.jpg?itok=jUNCRVqE "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Monochrome-03-2008] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.152_001_3.jpg?itok=cGoDWYBo "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Voegel-08-2009] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.154_001_4.jpg?itok=kUqEKqtm "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Schaedel-01-2007] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2007-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.150_001_4.jpg?itok=qaQDLx8s "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Stilleben-31-2009] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.155_001_3.jpg?itok=_Ik9cn6g "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Tulpe-01-2009] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Gelatin silver photograph on aluminium, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.153_001_3.jpg?itok=njtqOsuo "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Stilleben-22-2008] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2008-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.148_001_4.jpg?itok=u9XKWdnW "Shirana Shahbazi")
![Artwork [Schmetterling-34-2009] from 'Flowers, fruits & portraits' series this artwork made of Type C photograph on aluminium, created in 2009-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2010.149_001_3.jpg?itok=vndieyjD "Shirana Shahbazi")
Breadfruit 2004-05
- SEULE, Sepa - Creator
Tomatto 2006
- KOLIN, David - Creator
Wota melon (Watermelon) 2006
- SEULE, Sepa - Creator
A contemporary story 1 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
A contemporary story 2 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
The culture quarter 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
The orchestra 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
The harmless crowd 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
Keep dry! 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
No silly drawing! 2008
- BUI Cong Khanh - Creator
Blurring the Boundaries (series) 2007-09
- Tun Win Aung - Artist
- Wah Nu - Artist
Hand washing 2009
- TSAI, Charwei - Creator
Bomb (from '1979' series) 2009
- PICH, Sopheap - Creator
Work team contest 2009
- KIM Hung IL - Artist
- KANG Yong Sam - Artist
O 2009
- SAWA, Hiraki - Creator
Stringband 2006
- NAJOS, Apia - Creator
Weet-bix boy 2006
- KOLIN, David - Creator
The boxer 2009
- ABEL, Patrik - Creator
Kava bowl 2006
- THOMAS, Priscilla - Creator
Davina.s (pigeon) 2005
- LITÉ, Herveline - Creator
Angel 2007
- GYATSO, Gonkar - Creator
People holding flowers 2007
- ZHU Weibing - Artist
- JI Wenyu - Artist
Escape wallpaper 2009
- THUKRAL & TAGRA - Creator
Pig tusk 2006
- FIRIAM, Stanley - Creator
Pig tusk 2005
- FIRIAM, Stanley - Creator
Flae-man (Fly-man) 2006
- SIMIX, Simeon - Creator
Turtle-man 2008
- SIMIX, Simeon - Creator
Other 2009
- MOFFATT, Tracey - Artist
- HILLBERG, Gary - Collaborating artist
Teitei vou (A new garden) 2009
- WHITE, Robin - Artist
- TOKI, Leba - Artist
- JIONE, Bale - Artist
X-Blind Spot No.1 2008
- YANG Shaobin - Creator
X-Blind Spot No.4 2008
- YANG Shaobin - Creator
Fire of the Year 8 2008
- VANDY Rattana - Creator
Fire of the Year 5 2008
- VANDY Rattana - Creator
Fire of the Year 6 2008
- VANDY Rattana - Creator
Garden 2007
- CHEN Qiulin - Creator
Y.N.G.M.S. (Y.N.G.'s Mobile Studio) 2009
- YNG (Yoshitomo Nara and graf) - Collaborative group
- NARA, Yoshitomo - Artist
- graf - Design firm
Circle 2009
- TSAI, Charwei - Creator
Cloud 2009
- PIMKANCHANAPONG, Wit - Creator
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‘The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial’
Dec 2006 - May 2007
‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial’
Dec 2012 - Apr 2013
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