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LIST OF WORKS: APT1 to APT10

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.

‘The First Asia Pacific Triennial’

Sep 1993 - Dec 1993

Cai Guo-Qiang’s Nine Dragon Wall (Drawing for Dragon or Rainbow Serpent: A Myth Glorified or Feared: Project for Extraterrestrials No. 28) 1996

‘The 2nd Asia Pacific Triennial’

Sep 1996 - Jan 1997

© Lee Wen

‘The 3rd Asia Pacific Triennial’

Sep 1999 - Jan 2000

Artist Lee Ufan during installation of his work Relatum 2002 for APT 2002, QAG / © Lee Ufan / Photograph: QAGOMA

‘The 4th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Sep 2002 - Jan 2003

Zhou Xiaohu / China b.1960 / Utopian theatre 2006 / 11-channel video and fired clay installation, 11 DVDs (1:00 minute each, colour, stereo), 11 television monitors, 10 sets of headphones / Purchased 2007. The Queensland Government's Gallery of Modern Art Acquisitions Fund / Collection: QAGOMA / © Zhou Xiaohu

‘The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Dec 2006 - May 2007

APT6 visitors viewing Kohei Nawa's PixCell-Double Deer#4 2010

‘The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Dec 2009 - Apr 2010

APT7 Opening Weekend visitors view Takahiro Iwasaki's Reflection Model (Perfect Bliss) 2010–12

‘The 7th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Dec 2012 - Apr 2013

Anida Yoeu Ali / Cambodia/USA b.1974 / The Buddhist Bug, Into the Night (still) (detail) 2015 / A project of Studio Revolt. Concept and performance: Anida Yoeu Ali; Video: Masahiro Sugano / Commissioned for APT8. The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2015 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the QAGOMA Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Anida Yoeu Ali

‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Nov 2015 - Apr 2016

Zico Albaiquni / Indonesia b.1987 / When it shook, the earth stood still (After Pirous) (detail) 2018 / Oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas / Purchased 2018 with funds from Konfir Kabo through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / © Zico Albaiquini

‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Nov 2018 - Apr 2019

A work on copper depicting silhouettes of people emerging from bamboo shoots. / Lee Paje / The Philippines b.1980 / The stories that weren’t told (detail) 2019 / Oil on copper mounted on wood / Purchased 2021 with funds from Terry and Mary Peabody and Mary-Jeanne Hutchinson through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: QAGOMA / © Lee Paje

‘The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial’

Dec 2021 - Apr 2022

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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

1993–2023

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 bright and colourful collage comprising neon corals and geometric shapes on a background that uses optical illusion to seem to recede a long way.

APT10

2021–22

LOOKING BACK AT THE APT

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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 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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Hundreds of stainless steel balls floating in the QAG Watermall

LOOKING BACK AT THE APT

APT4–5

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

APT10

APT10: Artists and projects

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