David Medalla is a unique figure in the history of twentieth-century art. His unpredictable and playful approach to art-making has made him difficult to categorise, but he is increasingly recognised as a significant figure in the development of installation, kinetic and participatory art. His practice deliberately avoids the idea of sculpture as solid, timeless and…
Brothers Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh collaborate with Hesam Rahmanian to construct provocative installations that challenge conventional modes of display and standards of value. The theatrical tradition of Ta’ziyeh, a type of passion play, is a particularly important influence on their practice with its use of props, theatricality, cross-dressing and irony. Sets and costumes are comprised…
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Leang Seckon is one of the few remaining artists in Cambodia who lived through, and directly experienced, the Khmer Rouge period (1975–79). His memories of this time, and his upbringing in the difficult era that followed, continue to be motifs in his works. Leang’s paintings are strongly autobiographical and reflect his experiences of the tumultuous…
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The APT8 Conference was held immediately after the opening weekend celebrations and invited artists, researchers, and curators from Australia, Asia and the Pacific to address some of the key conceptual threads within ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ currently on view at QAG and GOMA until 10 April 2016. The triennial’s eighth edition…
Carrie McCarthy walks us through her first Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, as one of our biggest fans, we invited her in for a photo shoot and a chance to reflect on the exhibition series. I was sixteen and doing work experience at the Gold Coast Art Gallery. My supervisor had received a fax…
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Paphonsak La-or’s sharply realistic drawings, paintings and conceptual works critique Thai politics and history. His recent series ‘Silent No More’ features empty landscapes around Fukushima and Futaba in Japan, areas abandoned following the 2011 nuclear disasters. La-or viewed the terrain obsessively through Google Maps and discovered a connection between his fascination with these quiet, uninhabitable…
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