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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 Marbles this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 1988-01-01

Marbles 1988
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut and wild banana leaf, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut and wild banana leaf, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut and wild banana leaf, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut and wild banana leaf, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut and wild banana leaf, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag (Hello) this artwork made of Coconut and wild banana leaf, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag (Hello) 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Siwai bag this artwork made of Coconut leaf with commercial dyes, created in 2018-01-01

Siwai bag 2018
Artwork Gimblett/Yau collaboration - 2 this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint and ink on blue Fabriano Roma 'Romanino' paper, created in 1997-01-01

Gimblett/Yau collaboration - 2 1997-98
Artwork Gimblett/Yau collaboration - 8 (The marriage of words and pictures) this artwork made of Collage and ink on russet Fabriano Roma 'Moretto' paper, created in 1997-01-01

Gimblett/Yau collaboration - 8 (The marriage of words and pictures) 1997
Artwork Hanai aakono (wear back and front) with Mihruina design this artwork made of Commercial beads, shells, natural fibre (tulip tree), nylon, created in 2018-01-01

Hanai aakono (wear back and front) with Mihruina design 2018
Artwork Soromam (mat) this artwork made of Soromam (pandanus) and paanoru (natural fibre rope), created in 2018-01-01

Soromam (mat) 2018
Artwork Bunabei (mat) this artwork made of Karamani (pandanus), baru (bush vine), wool, created in 2018-01-01

Bunabei (mat) 2018
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 Bikpela pait istap yet long Bougainvil. Helekopt kisim PNG sikereti fos 190 long pait nadpait wantim BRA. Na EMTV man kisim camera igo wantim long helekopta na kisim piksa insait long pait. (There is still a war going on in Bougainville. The helicopter i this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on paper, created in 1995-01-01

Bikpela pait istap yet long Bougainvil. Helekopt kisim PNG sikereti fos 190 long pait nadpait wantim BRA. Na EMTV man kisim camera igo wantim long helekopta na kisim piksa insait long pait. (There is still a war going on in Bougainville. The helicopter i 1995
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 ʻAuʻa this artwork made of Digital prints on aluminium, with sound, created in 2019-01-01

ʻAuʻa 2019
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