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APT9: Artists and projects

'The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Contemporary Art'

 

 

This Digital Story is a permanent archive of artist and project profiles from 'The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT9), a free exhibition at QAGOMA from 24 November 2018 to 28 April 2019. 

Visitors to APT9 discovered more than 400 artworks by over 80 individuals, collectives and groups that capture the energy of new art being created in Asia, the Pacific and Australia.

Many works were acquired from APT9 for the QAGOMA Collection; see the list here.


 

An overhead view, in black and white, of a large circular concrete structure.

Jananne Al-Ani

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A painting of a person painting a large, bright painting of a lion hunting zebra.

Zico Albaiquni

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A video still of a huge carved stone head, which appears to have a person climbing up the side.

Sadik Kwaish Alfraji

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A composite image of pastel-shaded bubbles on an oily liquid with seven pairs of legs arranged in a concentric circle around a metallic purple ball superimposed on top.

Monira Al Qadiri

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Four cubic structures, with one painted red, one yellow, one blue and one orange.

Rasheed Araeen

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An underwater photograph of a woman diving in a bright blue ocean wearing a blood-red dress.

Martha Atienza

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A brightly coloured drawing of many people and animals engaged in chaotic combat.

Kushana Bush

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A photograph of seven young people in androgynous contemporary fashions walking through a well-lit industrial space.

Cao Fei

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An installation view of a room with purple striped wallpaper and jacaranda tree accents.

Gary Carsley

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An installation view of a kinetic work with many sculptural 'waves' rising over a blue floor.

Roberto Chabet

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An installation view of two works depicting fire.

Chen Zhe

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A painting with a collage-like accumulation of imagery, from the Statue of David to pink bunnies to an old fashioned-looking lady holding a beer.

Kawayan De Guia

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An abstract painting with one bright blue square at left and one brown square at right.

Enkhbold Togmidshiirev

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A charcoal drawing including geometric shapes and a human figure on their side.

The Erub/Lifou Project

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A photo of a black and white geometric pattern across 12 screens, with the silhouette of a person standing in front of it.

Nona Garcia

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A drawing of an aeroplane being speared by a hunter over Papua New Guinea

Simon Gende

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Strands of iridescent greens shells.

Lola Greeno

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An installation view of rings made from cane attached to a grid.

Gunantuna (Tolai people)

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Installation view of many pieces of paper, each speared on a sharp point, surrounded by light bulbs and speakers in a dark room.

Shilpa Gupta

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A photograph of the wreck of a tank underwater.

Tada Hengsapkul

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A composite image of light through fern leaves superimposed over a Brutalist-style building.

Gavin Hipkins

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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.

Joyce Ho

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A photograph of people in a lab-like environment at work wearing white protective clothing.

Hou I-Ting

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An installation view of a sculptural work made from smooth, shiny black bowls arranged in cirlces.

Htein Lin

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A painting of a battle fought with spears and clubs.

Images of the Crisis

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An embroidered work depicting a woman in a wedding dress with someone helping her dress, on a blue satiny background.

Zahra Imani

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A photograph of two women hugging; one we can only see from behind, and the other we can see the face and hands of, content. We see their head and shoulders and the photograph is in black and white.

Mao Ishikawa

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A photograph of a pair of hands weaving flax.

Jaki-ed Project

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A photograph of various mannikins and masks in various styles, with a sense of uncanny valley.

Jeong Geumhyung

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A group of women sitting together on the ground, weaving.

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner

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A detail view of an installation made of feathers and tools swirling in a wave-like formation against a light blue wall.

Jonathan Jones

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A composite image with a man wearing a collared shirt at left, with a large fish swimming towards the camera superimposed over this.

Karrabing Film Collective

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An artwork made in black-and-white watercolours depicting a rocky landscape.

Ali Kazim

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An up-close image of a detail of an embroidered artwork with 100s of pins or needles protruding to form detailed designs.

Aisha Khalid

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An installation view of a suit of armour made with a metal breastplate and feathered torso.

Naiza Khan

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An artwork depicting repeated geometrical patterns forming a grey wave on on a black background, made using a rapidograph.

Waqas Khan

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An artwork depicted a 'residential watchtower complex', with small houses stacked diagonally up around a cylindrical framework.

Kim Beom

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A photograph of four people covering their eyes; one person to the left plays flute and one to the right plays cello.

Meiro Koizumi

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A collage artwork in bright red and grey colours, with many open eyes in lines, with closed eyes superimposed in the spaces between them. The effect from a distance is a geometric pattern.

Kapulani Landgraf

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An artwork depicting a white-and-red boat or canoe floating on yellow-gold water, with some rocks or islands in the background.

Idas Losin

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An abstract artwork of black, gold and silver shapes in a grid of black squares.

Ly Hoàng Ly

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An artwork depicting the silhouette of a person with their hands up, wearing a tall hat, and with a geometric shape on their chest. They stand against a blue background, with a border of bright geometric shapes.

Gregory Dausi Moah

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A still from a digital artwork depicting a kaleidoscopic view of mirrored, brightly coloured artworks repeated many hundreds of times.

Mochu

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An installation view of a sculptural work installed at GOMA next to a window overlooking the Brisbane River.

Yuko Mohri

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A series of portraits in three rows: white Australian prime ministers; Indigenous elders; and white Australian billionaires.

Vincent Namatjira

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A photograph on its side of a young girl wearing a red-and-blue shirt, green sweater tied around her waist, and red rollerblades. She looks directly at the camera.

Nguyễn Trinh Thi

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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.

Anne Noble

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An image of many lit windows in an apartment block viewed at night; however, this view is in fact an installation miniature.

Aditya Novali

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An installation view of sculptures that look like large, bright green, yellow and pink gems. Behind them, a bright orange and pink mural is painted directly on the wall.

Elia Nurvista

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A collage work with neon colours, shredded paper and earth-toned pigments.

Shinro Ohtake

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An installation view of a work installed over the Watermall in the Queensland Art Gallery: plants are displayed on Victoria era-style plant stands while a central walkway over the indoor pool features cabinets of items.

Donna Ong and Robert Zhao Renhui

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An installation view of wooden works painted with earth pigments, suspended from above.

Alair Pambegan

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A woodcut with smiling people in traditional Malaysian dress, surrounded by symbols of industry and agriculture. Text in the centre reads: 'Sabah Negeri Merdeka'.

Pangrok Sulap

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A still photograph of a man in midair, leaping; he looks away from the camera.

Park Bona

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An installation view of two boat-like sculptures, planted with small ferns.

Bounpaul Phothyzan

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A still from a stop-motion video, in which a minotaur is surrounded by concentric circles of brightly coloured cows and calves.

Souliya Phoumivong

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An installation view of part of a map painted directly on a white wall at GOMA.

Qiu Zhijie

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A painting of a green parrot holding a heart-shaped fruit in its claws; the fruit has a face. At right, a red curtain conceals a view of the Earth seen from space.

Iman Raad

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An installation view of four bags or baskets, woven from a dark fibre.

Margaret Rarru and Helen Ganalmirriwuy

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An artwork depicting an alternative history of Aotearoa New Zealand.

Lisa Reihana

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A mixed-media installation that appears as a collection of dark pink wires, some curled at their ends.

Peter Robinson

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An installation view of a sculpture that appears to be made of a rubber band holding together black and yellow chunks of foam.

Handiwirman Saputra

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An installation view of a work featuring text on a white wall and a shelf with documents and a magnifying glass.

Mithu Sen

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A work made of brightly coloured rope and wool arranged like a collage.

Hassan Sharif

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An installation view of three works on cotton; the middle of the three is the largest, and each has a stylistic human figure in the centre, surrounded by bright geometric and animal shapes

Tcheu Siong

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An installation view of works made of bright fabric in the foreground, with two garments hung against a white wall in the background; these are dresses with scenes embroidered on them.

Jakkai Siributr

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An opalescent ceramic serpent with the head of a person wearing a serpent headdress.

Soe Yu Nwe

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A work in crayon on paper depicting the lives of the people of Buka Island.

Herman Somuk

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A digital photograph depicting a group of women in purple skirt-suits arranged for a photograph; they each have identical gold mask-like faces. A cloudy blue sky is behind them. Three people stand in the foreground taking photos.

Harit Srikhao

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A graphite-on-paper work that looks like geometric patterns on metallic tiles.

Ayesha Sultana

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A photograph of a performance artist dressed in underwear, using a spray-gun to apply artificial colouring solution to her skin (much like self-tanning).

Latai Taumoepeau

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An installation view of a series of wall-like sculptures made from ringed venus shells.

Tungaru: The Kiribati Project

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An installation view of small works hung salon-style on a gallery wall, with borders of bold black and red geometric patterns around each frame.

James Tylor

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An installation view of a miniature 'apartment block' of spirit houses, which glow with a warm red light. Wall murals can be seen in the background.

Vuth Lyno

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A photograph of an alleyway at night, with roaming dogs in the foreground.

Munem Wasif

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An installation view of black scaffolding forming a hut-type space in the gallery at QAG.

Boedi Widjaja

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An installation view of a collection of works: some framed on the wall; some raised as pillars on the ground, some set into shelves.

Areta Wilkinson

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Coconut leaves prepared for a weaving workshop, laid out on the ground.

Women's Wealth

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An installation that looks like a ruin of a building.

Pannaphan Yodmanee

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A work depicting four rectangles that form a cross. The vertical centre rectangles say 'IN YOUR' and 'UNDERWEAR OUT', while the horizontally oriented shapes on either side have further text.

YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES

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An artwork in pistachio green, soft pink and black depicting a woman with many arms sitting cross-legged; she is inside a green circle with a pink background.

Zheng Guogu

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A panoramic still photo of a young man with his brows furrowed; standing behind him is a young woman, looking his way.

APT9 Cinema

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EXPLORE APT9

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 painting of a green parrot holding a heart-shaped fruit in its claws; the fruit has a face. At right, a red curtain conceals a view of the Earth seen from space.

VIDEO: APT9 playlist

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

APT9: Travel with curators

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APT9

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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.

LIST OF WORKS: APT1 to APT10

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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.

ESSAY: The wild world

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

APT9: Travel with curators

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A painting of a green parrot holding a heart-shaped fruit in its claws; the fruit has a face. At right, a red curtain conceals a view of the Earth seen from space.

VIDEO: APT9 playlist

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About this page

An exhibition archive of artist and project profiles from APT9 (Nov 2018 – Apr 2019).