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Pacific art

The Gallery's collection of contemporary Pacific art is the broadest in Australia. With the establishment of the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) in the early 1990s, the Gallery recognised the importance of actively developing the Pacific collection.

The Pacific collection, with an emphasis on New Zealand, reflects the diversity of the region's contemporary art, as well as innovation in customary practices. Primarily composed of works made after 1970, it includes paintings, prints and drawings, sculpture, photography, installation, textiles, weaving, body adornment, video and film.

Artwork Boi pren na girl Pren Tupela I stap long Port Morsbi city. Tupela lusim pasin bilong ples na kisim pasin bilong wait man (Boyfriend and girlfriend live in Port Moresby city. They leave traditional ways behind and take on whiteman style) this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on yellow medium weight cardboard, created in 1999-01-01

Boi pren na girl Pren Tupela I stap long Port Morsbi city. Tupela lusim pasin bilong ples na kisim pasin bilong wait man (Boyfriend and girlfriend live in Port Moresby city. They leave traditional ways behind and take on whiteman style) 1999
Artwork Jinir (spirit mask) this artwork made of Rattan sago palm fronds, fum (mulberry bark), white cockatoo feathers, natural ochres, lime and a stick, created in 2012-01-01

Jinir (spirit mask) 2012
Artwork Koan this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and metallic pigment on paper, created in 1986-01-01

Koan 1986-87
Artwork PAID: the Artist Has to Live Like Everybody Else this artwork made of Screenprint with applied Laserstream invoice on Foamcore, created in 1993-01-01

PAID: the Artist Has to Live Like Everybody Else 1993
Artwork Epistolary Props 1-6 (from 'Errantucation (mist opportunities)') comprising: Prop 1. Alternate Titles_Destiny_w_RJLadder Prop 2. CareDisfigurementsfor WeallensMINSTREL Prop 3. PuléHuleRecitalgroundsSmallReiner Prop 4. LutzBbeforeablanksheetofpaper_Pet this artwork made of 288 embossed postcards; single-channel HD video: 9:51 minutes, colour, 16:9; mylar sleeve; wire; and a page 'Hand Space dispos-a-glove' from an artist book c.1982 from the Peter Tyndall and Robert MacPherson Correspondence Archive, QAGOMA Research Library, created in 2021-01-01

Epistolary Props 1-6 (from 'Errantucation (mist opportunities)') comprising: Prop 1. Alternate Titles_Destiny_w_RJLadder Prop 2. CareDisfigurementsfor WeallensMINSTREL Prop 3. PuléHuleRecitalgroundsSmallReiner Prop 4. LutzBbeforeablanksheetofpaper_Pet 2021
Artwork Fan this artwork made of Woven coconut husk fibres (pulu), created in 2015-01-01

Fan c.2020
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Mat 2008
Artwork Jinir (spirit mask) this artwork made of Rattan, sago palm fronds, fum (mulberry bark), white cockatoo feathers (discoloured), natural ochres, lime and a stick, created in 2012-01-01

Jinir (spirit mask) 2012
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Jinir (spirit mask) 2012
Artwork Sex, lies & Minimalism this artwork made of Photocopy on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01

Sex, lies & Minimalism 1996
Artwork I was a conceptual artist/The park is mine this artwork made of Photocopy on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01

I was a conceptual artist/The park is mine 1996
Artwork Scurrilous liasons: Artists, curators & exhibitions this artwork made of Photocopy on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01

Scurrilous liasons: Artists, curators & exhibitions 1996
Artwork The weeds of Post-Modernism this artwork made of Photocopy on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01

The weeds of Post-Modernism 1996
Artwork Too artistic to drive this artwork made of Photocopy and collage on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01

Too artistic to drive 1996
Artwork Curatorial protocols: Who gets in exhibitions this artwork made of Photocopy on paper inserted into found VHS video cover, created in 1996-01-01

Curatorial protocols: Who gets in exhibitions 1996
Artwork Wa herak (canoe) this artwork made of Woven pandanus, twine and timber, created in 2021-01-01

Wa herak (canoe) 2021
Artwork Draw-string kato this artwork made of Woven coconut husk fibres (pulu), shells (pueki) , created in 2015-01-01

Draw-string kato c.2020
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Aruaai 2011
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Koza (string bag) 2014
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Koza (string bag) 2014
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Manmar (spirit mask) 2012
Artwork La Pietà de Villeneuve-lés-Avignon (from 'The Last Cannibal Supper, cause tomorrow we become Christians’) this artwork made of Digital C type print on paper, created in 2010-01-01

La Pietà de Villeneuve-lés-Avignon (from 'The Last Cannibal Supper, cause tomorrow we become Christians’) 2010, reprinted 2014
Artwork Sivirhitki this artwork made of Sivirhitki mask with skirt: barkcloth with natural pigments, synthetic polymer paint, texta, cane, bark twine, natural fibres

Sivirhitki 2016
Artwork Sivirhitki this artwork made of Sivirhitki mask with skirt: barkcloth with natural pigments, synthetic polymer paint, texta, cane, bark twine, natural fibres

Sivirhitki 2016
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Wasau (Yam ceremony effigy) c.1965-75
Artwork Irhu and Sapki (pole) this artwork made of Irhu mask and pole: barkcloth with natural pigments, cane, wood, bark twine, created in 2017-01-01

Irhu and Sapki (pole) 2017
Artwork Sivirhitki this artwork made of Sivirhitki mask with skirt: barkcloth with natural pigments, synthetic polymer paint, texta, cane, bark twine, synthetic twine, natural fibres, created in 2016-01-01

Sivirhitki 2016
Artwork Irhu and Sapki (pole) this artwork made of Irhu mask and pole: barkcloth with natural pigments, cane, wood, bark twine, created in 2017-01-01

Irhu and Sapki (pole) 2017
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Tifa (drum) 2011
Artwork has not been digitised or not available due to pending copyright clearence, thus not currently available online

Wusi pot c.1988