APT8: A sense of unease undermines tranquillity

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   17 Feb 2016

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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Is a proposal in the air?

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   12 Feb 2016

Chester Earles was initially trained as a miniature portrait painter at the London National Gallery, England and exhibited widely before migrating to Victoria in early 1864 where he continued to paint in his spare time. Earles was regularly praised for his figurative painting when most artists in Australia were already turning to landscape. Interior with…

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The APT8 archive – then and now

Posted by Shannon Robinson   ●  

For the duration of the ‘The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT8) our Research Library is sharing APT archival material, with displays changing regularly. The archives include artwork proposals, objects and project documentation relating to the work of artists from Australia, Asia and the Pacific, dating back to the early 1990s. Daging Tumbuh…

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‘Blood generation’ portraits show a deep connection to land

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   11 Feb 2016

The spectre of large mining trucks and overturned earth continues to loom over Bougainville as the elected government of the politically autonomous region looks towards a referendum on Independence, promised as part of the 2001 Bougainville Peace Agreement. The mine has been closed since 1989, and is currently protected by a Mining Act handing control…

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Journeys North Revisited

Posted by Michael Hawker   ●  

In the mid 1980s, with the financial assistance of the Australian Bicentennial Authority, the Queensland Art Gallery commissioned six photographers to produce a portfolio of black and white works on the theme of community life in Queensland. First exhibited in 1988, the Gallery now presents a comprehensive selection from this portfolio, allowing us to see…

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APT8: The ancient art of Mithila painting and drawing

Posted by QAGOMA   ●   10 Feb 2016

Pushpa Kumari and Pradyumna Kumar are Mithila artists. Dating from at least the fourteenth century, Mithila painting and drawing is an ancient art form traditionally practised by women in the Mithila region of Bihar in northern India and Nepal. For several centuries it was used to mark rituals and ceremonies, particularly weddings, and created mostly…

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