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RISING VOICES
Exhibition story

An installation view of an architectural sculpture of a Japanese temple, which is doubled as if we can see its reflection underneath
'Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific' is a landmark collaboration between the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA), Brisbane.


On display in London, 'Rising Voices' offers an unparalleled view of the Asia Pacific region’s dynamic creative landscape. Foregrounding First Nations perspectives and diverse artistic approaches, the exhibition will feature rare works by more than 40 pioneering creatives – many never before exhibited outside of the region.

‘Rising Voices’, made possible with the support of the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland, is on display in the V&A’s Porter Gallery, South Kensington, until January 2027.


Feature image: Takahiro Iwasaki / Japan b.1975 / Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) 2010–12 / Japanese Cypress / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2013 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / © Takahiro Iwasaki / Photograph: QAGOMA

A detail view of a sculpture made from rows of ceramic bells, stacked so as to form a wall

INTRODUCING 'RISING VOICES'
A detail view of strands of necklace made from green maireener shells

LIST OF WORKS
A still drawn from a video work, in which we see the artist Dr Christian Thompson – an artist of Bidjara/Irish/Chinese–Australian heritage – standing in front of a bright background. He appears to be in the middle of singing. He has short, curly hair and wears a dark blue button-up shirt.

Asia Pacific Triennial on video
A photo taken outdoors of a work installed outside GOMA, on the lawn near the river; this detail view depicts an elephant's head upside down on the grass, with a river rat on the ground looking straight into the elephant's eye. Both are rendered in bronze.

Learn more about the APT
An installation view of Shigeo Toya's Woods III 1991-2 installed for APT1 in 1993, with sculpted wooden tree-like structures arranged near the Watermall in QAG.

Looking back at the APT