Major new works by artists Kaili Chun (Kanaka Oiwi,Hawai’i), Gordon Hookey (Waanyi people), Kimiyo Mishima (Japan), Salote Tawale (Fiji/Australia) and Grace Lillian Lee and Uncle Ken Thaiday Snr (Meriam Mir people), will be among the highlights of The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) at the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) from 4 December 2021 until 25 April 2022.
QAGOMA Director Chris Saines said the exhibition series would include 69 projects with work by more than 100 emerging and established artists, collectives and filmmakers from more than 30 countries. “For its landmark tenth edition, APT looks to the future of art and the world we inhabit together. The vast majority of the exhibition will consist of newly commissioned works of art developed through sustained engagement with this culturally diverse region,” Mr Saines said.
Kaili Chun’s installation will suspend hundreds of stainless-steel threads incorporating delicate capsules of water, while leading Australian artist Gordon Hookey will reveal the most recent painting from his ongoing ‘MURRILAND!’ series. Senior Japanese avant-gardist Kimiyo Mishima will present her life-like ceramic sculptures of everyday objects, while a new site-specific work by Salote Tawale will be based on the Fijian bilibili, a large raft.
Torres Strait Islander artist Grace Lillian Lee and her mentor Uncle Ken Thaiday Snr are creating a large-scale kinetic dhari (headdress) that reflects both artists’ and Lee’s signature use of the double ‘grasshopper’ weave in her adornment works.
Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch said the Asia Pacific Triennial was an internationally renowned signature exhibition for QAGOMA. “APT10 presents an opportunity for visual artists from across Australia and the Asia Pacific to collaborate and share works that are a powerful expression of their cultures and experiences,” said Minister Enoch.
Mr Saines said APT10 would be a unique opportunity for visitors to experience the most compelling new work being produced across Asia, the Pacific and Australia, especially with ongoing restrictions due to COVID-19.
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