Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2015
The best in Asia Pacific art comes to Brisbane.
Overview
Every three years, Brisbane plays host to the best art from the Asia Pacific region. If it's innovative, creative and highlights the exceptional endeavours made locally, nationally and in our neighbouring nations, you'll find it at the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art.
In 2015, the Queensland Art Gallery and the Gallery of Modern Art's flagship free event is bigger and better than ever, with the role of performance in recent art — as seen in live action, video, kinetic art, figurative painting and sculpture — its focus. Pieces by over 80 artists from more than 30 countries explore the use of the human form and the role of practitioners in crafting work that conveys cultural, social and political ideas specific to their countries.
Featuring efforts from Mongolia, Nepal, the Kyrgyz Republic, Iraq and Georgia will be included for the first time, it's no wonder APT8 has become the world’s largest exhibition focused on art from Australia, Asia and the Pacific. In fact, this year's lineup is so vast that it spans both galleries. It also boasts a bustling program of talks, discussion panels, tours and performances, particularly over the opening weekend of November 21 and 22.
Image: Anida Yoeu Ali, Cambodia/USA b.1974 / The Buddhist Bug, Into the Night (still) 2015 / 2-channel HD video projection, 7:00 minutes (looped), colour, sound, ed. of 5 / A project of Studio Revolt. Concept and performance: AnidaYoeu Ali; Video: Masahiro Sugano / Commissioned for APT8. The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2015 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery / © The artist.
