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Asia Pacific Triennial (APT)

A photograph of a performance artist appearing to meditate, covered in mud or clay, next to an installation of tree-like sculptures.

APAP: The birth of the APT

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LABEL: 2016.426 MANGANO

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Pushpa Kumari's Mithila paintings

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An installation view of a work installed for APT1 in 1993, with sculpted wooden tree-like structures arranged near the Watermall in QAG.
LOOKING BACK AT THE APT

‘The First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’

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A still photograph taken at night in a fun fair; the artist is costumed as a red caterpillar-like bug with a very long body and tail.
APT8

APT8: Artists and projects

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A close-up of Shannon Novak's transparent vinyl window installation, with many colours casting rainbows on the floor of the river room.
APT10

APT10: VIDEO

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APAP: From 'Japanese art' to 'art in Japan'

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LABEL: 2009.221 MANSUDAE ART STUDIO

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AH XIAN: 'China China' series

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Hundreds of stainless steel balls floating in the QAG Watermall
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APT4–5

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In this photograph, four drag queens stand on a high hill overlooking a valley; they wear blue, red, yellow and green respectively.
APT8

APT8 VIDEO

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A very close-up photograph of the face and forelegs of a bee, with the bee in greyscale against a black background, like a photographic negative.
APT9

The wild world

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A person with short hair and wearing futuristic clothes faces away from the camera and points towards a lake.
APT10

ESSAY: Navigating new futures

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LABEL: 2015.047 TANIGUCHI

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LABEL: 2003.083 YANG FUDONG

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ESSAY: Koromb (spirit house) 2012

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An installation of a long gallery space entirely painted and/or lit in bright red, with two Gallery visitors at the space's far end.

APT7 projects

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A still photograph taken at night in a fun fair; the artist is costumed as a red caterpillar-like bug with a very long body and tail.
LOOKING BACK AT THE APT

APT8–9

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An installation view of a bronze sculpture set on grass outside GOMA, depicting an upside-down elephant eye-to-eye with a water rat.
LOOKING BACK AT THE APT

APT6–7

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A man painted yellow, from head to toe, walks the streets of Brisbane, carrying a heart.
LOOKING BACK AT THE APT

APT2–3

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A composite image of multiple thumbnail stills, as on a Google image search, with black 'static' overlaid.
APT8

APT8 Cinema

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A photograph of a woman wearing a blue blouse and holding fruit against a yellow background. We only see from her nose to her elbows, and red fruit juice runs from her mouth.
APT9

APT9: Artists and projects

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EXPANDED LABEL: 2002.141a-o DONO

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LABEL: Works from 'Everything will fall into ruin' 1990-2009 YAO

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2015.181a- YANG

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An installation that represents infinity, appearing to stretch into all directions like outer space.

ESSAY: Yayoi Kusama

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Montien Boonma: Lotus sound in APT1

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A painting of seven deer-like creatures with trees growing in place of antlers; the background is bright yellow and the trees' leaves are red and green.
APT8

Kalpa Vriksha

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A photograph of crowds outside Ahsan Manzil, a bright pink palace (cropped)
APT9

APT9: Travel with curators

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Three graduate students wearing mortarboards sit reading blood-splattered newspapers in a cemetery in Myanmar.
APT10

APT10: Artists and projects

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