Category: Exhibition

Real and imaginary: Interactions between humans and animals

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   18 Feb 2019

During the ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9), the Gallery’s Research Library is displaying artist books from its collection by Robert Zhao Renhui, whose collaborative work with Donna Ong, My forest is not your garden is currently on show in the Queensland Art Gallery Watermall. Watch Robert Zhao Renhui and Donna Ong introduce ‘My forest is…

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Women’s Wealth Interactive extends beyond Gallery walls

Posted by Ruth McDougall   ●   15 Feb 2019

The ‘Women’s Wealth’ project in ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) focuses on what contemporary art can mean for women living in villages in Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. Envisaged as a collective collaboration rather than a static installation, the project involves public engagement that extends beyond the walls of the gallery, including…

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Under a flowering cherry tree

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   8 Feb 2019

The exhibition ‘A fleeting bloom’ focuses on the moments of distinct and transient beauty found in the portrayals of nature, history and spirituality in Japanese art. This display of historic works features screens gifted from the James Fairfax AC Bequest 2018. The wide planes of folding screens (byōbu) – a painting format at its peak…

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Installing Aisha Khalid’s steel and gold-plated pin tapestry

Posted by Emily Gray   ●   6 Feb 2019

Pakistani artist Aisha Khalid’s site-specific triptych Water has never feared the fire is a set of hanging textiles embedded with millions of long, steel and gold-plated pins commissioned for ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9). This remarkable sculptural textile presented unique unpacking and documenting challenges upon its arrival at the Gallery. Emily Gray takes us behind-the-scenes…

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The Triennial and the painter: Zico Albaiquni

Posted by Tarun Nagesh   ●   27 Jan 2019

Zico Albaiquni’s paintings are rich with diverse themes and genres from the history of Indonesian art, incorporating early influences from his father’s generation of artists, as well as referencing works that have featured in previous Asia Pacific Triennials and Venice Biennales. From the role of painters in traditional Sundanese contexts to the commodification of Indonesia…

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Tcheu Siong’s textile works capture her dreams and visions

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   14 Jan 2019

Textiles form an intrinsic part of Hmong ceremonial custom, alongside oral traditions, poetry and mythological beliefs, while embroidery, applique and piecework contain keys to sacred symbols. Tcheu Siong moved from the mountains in northern Laos to the city of Luang Prabang in 1996, where, like many Hmong women, she made traditional embroidery to sell in…

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