Asia Pacific Triennial (APT)

5TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL 2006
2 December 2006 - 27 May 2007

Curatorial team
APT5 has been curated by a team of Queensland Art Gallery curators. They have travelled extensively throughout the region, consulting with artists and a broad network of colleagues.

APT5 curatorial team:
Doug Hall, AM, Director
Lynne Seear, Assistant Director, Curatorial and Collection Development
Andrew Clark, Assistant Director, Public Programs
Suhanya Raffel, Head of Asian, Pacific and International Art
Julie Ewington, Head of Australian Art
Kathryn Weir, Head of Cinema
Maud Page, Curator, Contemporary Pacific Art
Sarah Tiffin, Curator, Historical Asian Art
Don Heron, Head of Exhibitions and Display

Artists:
Ai Weiwei
Khadim Ali
Jackie Chan
Beck Cole
Justine Cooper
Ex De Medici
Jitish Kallat
Anish Kapoor
Bharti Kher
Sutee Kunavichayanont
Kwon Ki-Soo
Dinh Q Le
Long March Project
Djambawa Marawili
Nasreen Mohamedi
Tuan Andrew Nguyen
Dennis Nona
Eko Nugroho
Tsuyoshi Ozawa
Pacific Textiles Project
Stephen Page
Paiman
Michael Parekowhai
John Pule
Nusra Latif Qureshi
Rashid Rana
Sangeeta Sandrasegar
Kumar Shahani
Talvin Singh
Michael Stevenson
Masami Teraoka
Yuken Teruya
Sima Urale
Viet Linh
Gordon Walters
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Yang Fudong
Yang Zhenzhong
Yoo Seung-Ho

‘The 5th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art‘ (APT5) was held from 2 December 2006 to 27 May 2007 and was the opening exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). APT5 was also shown in the refurbished Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials.

APT5 included around 353 works by 35 individual artists, filmmakers and performers, as well as two multi-artist projects. Highlights included commissioned works by artists Ai Weiwei (China), Dinh Q Lê (Vietnam) and eX de Medici (Australia), as well as the Triennial’s strongest representation of Pacific artists to date. Curated cinema and performance programs brought a dynamic new dimension to APT5, and allowed an exploration of these media on a scale never before presented by the Triennial.

For APT5 the Gallery undertook an intensive acquisitions program, with approximately 70 per cent of works displayed acquired for the Collection.
The Asia–Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) is the Queensland Art Gallery’s flagship international contemporary art event. Established in 1993, it is the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on the contemporary art of Asia and the Pacific, including Australia.
The fifth APT (APT5) will be the opening exhibition at the new Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) — the Queensland Art Gallery’s much-anticipated second building, which will be the largest gallery of modern art in Australia. APT5 will also be shown in the original Gallery building, with displays across both sites making the exhibition twice the scale of previous Triennials.

APT5 will include around 270 works by 37 individual artists, filmmakers and performers, as well as two multi-artist projects. Highlights will include numerous commissioned works by artists such as Ai Weiwei (China), Dinh Q Lê (Vietnam) and eX de Medici (Australia), as well as the Triennial’s strongest representation of Pacific artists to date.

Curated cinema and performance programs will bring a dynamic new dimension to APT5, exploring these media on a scale never before presented by the Triennial.
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Collection focus
The Queensland Art Gallery is one of the few public institutions in the world to collect both contemporary Asianand Pacific art, with the Gallery’s collection of contemporary Asian art now recognised as one of the finest of its kind in the world. For APT5 the Gallery has undertaken an intensive acquisitions program, further strengthening and developing these collections. Approximately 70 per cent of works in APT5 are newly acquired works.