‘The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial’
Sep 1996 -
Jan 1997
![Cai Guo-Qiang’s Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 28) 1996](/system/files/styles/wide/private/object-images/QAG_APT2_slide_003.jpg?itok=R2_iAG0B)
'The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT2) featured more than 80 artists from East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taipei); the South and South-East Asia (Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam); and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu).
Works displayed included installation, photography, video, new technology, sculpture, painting, printmaking, drawing and performance. Each of the 15 curatorial teams comprised both Australian and international curators, and focused on the art of specific geographical areas according to their expertise.
FEATURE IMAGE: Cai Guo-Qiang’s Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 28) 1996, installed at QAG for APT2, 1996 / Spent gunpowder and Indian ink on Japanese paper / © Cai Guo-Qiang / Photograph: QAGOMA
ARTISTS: ADIPURNOMO, Nindityo | ANUSAPATI | ARAHMAIANI | BOOTH, Chris | BOUTIN, René | CAI Guo-Qiang | CAMPFIRE GROUP | CHAN Yuk Keung | CHANGKOON, Yupha | CHEN Yan Yin | CHOI, Jeong Hwa | CHOULAI , Wendi | CO, Charlie | CORNISH, Bronwynne | DANG, Thi Khuê | DEACON, Destiny | DEKO, Tom | ENG, Hwee Chu | ENRIQUEZ, Francesca (Keka) | GRAHAM, Brett | HALL, Fiona | HARRY, Richard Joeban | JUSTINIANI, Mark | KA'A, Kaibel | KASAHARA, Emiko | KIM, Hong-Joo | KIM, Joon | KIM, Myung-Hye | LEE, Ming-Tse | LERTCHAIPRASERT, Kamin | MAI, Anh Dung | MALANI, Nalini | MEL, Michael & MEL, Anna | MILLAR, Judy | MORIMURA, Yasumasa | MUKHERJEE, Mrinalini | MURAKAMI, Takashi | NATUOIVI, Eric | NÉPORON, Micheline | OMAR, Fauzan | O'NEILL, Ani | ONUS, Lin | PAU, Ellen | PULE, John | RAJA, Shahriman | RAWANCHAIKUL, Navin | REIHANA, Lisa | RIMZON, N N | ROBERTS, Luke | ROBINSON, Peter | RUIZ, Jose Tence | SAIDON, Hansul Jamal | SANGGAWA (BORLONGAN, Elmer, FLORES, Karen, Mark JUSTINIANI, MALLARI, Joy, SIEVERT, Frederico) | SHANNON, Marie | SHEIKH, Nilima | SIRAIT, Marintan | SUNDARAM, Vivan | SUWAGE, Agus | TAN, Yuk King | TEMIN, Kathy | TIAVOUANE, Denise | TSUCHIYA, Kimio | VICTOR, Suzann | VILASINEEKUL, Jakapan | VÛ, Dân Tân | WANG Guang Yi | WANG Jian Wei | WANG Luyan | WEBB, Ben | WONG Hoy Cheong | WU Tien-Chang | YANAGI, Yukinori | YUN Suk-Nam | ZAI KUNING | ZHANG Xiaogang
Collection artworks featured in ‘The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial’
![© N.N. Rimzon Artwork White boat this artwork made of Charcoal, watercolour, synthetic polymer paint and sand on paper, created in 1995-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.221_001_4.jpg?itok=5UAj_AOL)
White boat 1995
- RIMZON, N.N. - Creator
![Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online](/sites/default/files/styles/large/filesqagoma/assets/image-pending.jpg?itok=SDhxQrcw)
Object no. 6 1996
- ANUSAPATI - Creator
![© N.N. Rimzon Artwork House of heavens this artwork made of Resin, fibreglass, aluminium and marble dust, created in 1995-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.222a-c_001_4.jpg?itok=vacOnyGA)
House of heavens 1995
- RIMZON, N.N. - Creator
![© N.N. Rimzon Artwork Wax temple this artwork made of Charcoal, wax, synthetic polymer paint, fabric and sand on paper, created in 1995-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.219_001_4.jpg?itok=UK9k8zbq)
Wax temple 1995
- RIMZON, N.N. - Creator
![Yun Suk-nam Artwork Pink sofa this artwork made of Wood sofa covered in Korean silk, curved steel pins, steel pin legs on sofa, plastic beads, two wood sculptures painted with synthetic polymer paint, fragments of mother-of-pearl inlay, steel base, created in 1996-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.227a-f_007_1.jpg?itok=9u3ERX0j)
Pink sofa 1996
- YUN Suk-nam - Creator
![© Anusapati Artwork The journey no. 4 this artwork made of Wood, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2024-07/1996.207a-qqq_APT-ANUSAPATI-220121-076.jpg.jpg?itok=oQyVe9U9)
The journey no. 4 1994
- ANUSAPATI - Creator
![© Kamin Lertchaiprasert Artwork Problem-Wisdom this artwork made of Papier-mâché (from recycled Thai newspapers), created in 1993-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.214.1-366_002_detail_0.jpg?itok=QilUeUXd)
Problem-Wisdom 1993-95
- LERTCHAIPRASERT, Kamin - Creator
![© N.N. Rimzon Artwork Blue shadow this artwork made of Charcoal, sand and blue pigment on paper, created in 1995-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.220_001_4.jpg?itok=Bc3fCkgJ)
Blue shadow 1995
- RIMZON, N.N. - Creator
![© Vu Dan Tan Artwork Suitcases of a pilgrim this artwork made of Ink, gouache and synthetic polymer paint on recycled cardboard, in wooden and glass boxes, created in 1996-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.226a-l_001_detail%20part%20a_4.jpg?itok=Z3bAor35)
Suitcases of a pilgrim 1996
- VU, Dan Tan - Creator
![© Nilima Sheikh Artwork Shamiana this artwork made of Hanging scrolls of casein tempera on canvas, canopy of synthetic polymer paint on canvas, steel frame, customwood hexagonal plinth with ramp, created in 1996-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.223a-g_GOMA_TheLongStory_installationview_20170921_nharth_003.jpg.jpg?itok=YOLoCpDC)
Shamiana 1996
- SHEIKH, Nilima - Creator
![© Luyan Wang Artwork Bicycle (20) - 1996 no.15/20 this artwork made of Enamel paint on bicycle, created in 1996-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/2018.210_001_5.jpg?itok=OnoXqTDg)
Bicycle (20) - 1996 no.15/20 1996
- WANG Luyan - Creator
![Kimio Tsuchiya Artwork Moon this artwork made of Wood (Oak, Maku, Japanese Cedar and Japanese Pine), created in 1996-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.225a-o_005_3.jpg?itok=XtcR62AB)
Moon 1996
- TSUCHIYA, Kimio - Creator
![Emiko Kasahara Artwork Untitled - (In)different this artwork made of Marble, created in 1994-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.213a-h_001_3.jpg?itok=1zxpGuTF)
Untitled - (In)different 1994
- KASAHARA, Emiko - Creator
![Kimio Tsuchiya Artwork Landscape in silence this artwork made of Ash, steel, glass and tree roots, created in 1996-01-01](/system/files/styles/large/private/object-images/1996.224_003_3.jpg?itok=jQ0mXkDF)
Landscape in silence 1996
- TSUCHIYA, Kimio - Creator
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