Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 1993 : Exhibition report

The first chance Australians (and any Western audience) had ever had to get an overview of what Asian artists were doing.’ - Stephanie Britton Artlink, Vol 13, No. 3&4 ‘One of the most important contemporary art events of the year, the Triennial promises to develop into an exceptional exhibition.’ - Ian Findlay-Brown Editorial, Asian Art News (Hong Kong), November/December 1993 ‘New exhibitions in Australia, such as the landmark Asia-Pacific Triennial which incorporates work from numerous other countries, demonstrates that European and American domination of contemporary culture is being resoundingly and effectively challenged.’ - Deborah Hart Asian Art News (Hong Kong), November/December 1993 'This challenging exhibition has ‘bulldozed’ contemporary art from the Asia-Pacific region onto the world arena.’ - Apinan Poshynanda Bangkok Post November 4, 1993 ‘...the Asia-Pacific Triennial is a remarkable acheivement, indeed, a courageous undertaking in perilous financial times. ’ - Julie Ewington Photofile November, 1993 The Asia-Pacific Triennial made a valuable contribution to our understanding of the region and the ‘markers' it established will be referred to frequently over the next three years and beyond.’ - Ted Snell Freemantle Arts Review, December 1993/January 1994 This exhibition has already opened lines of dialogue in the region, providing a focus for the development of a critical framework to deal with the extraordinary diversity, layers, shades and tones of all voices resonating from within and ricocheting across this rapidly developing geographical construct.’ - Linda Wallace Art + Text 47, January 1994 The 1993 Triennial was part of a process of learning and discussion, rather than a single product. There will be at least two more Triennials, in 1996 and 1999. Indeed, one of the most remarkable aspects of the exhibition was the willingness of the participants - artists, critics, museum personnel, selectors and audiences - to see the show as a moment in a journey, rather than as a single destination.’ - Julie Ewington Art and AsiaPacific, April 1994 'I hope that subsequent Triennials will continue to evoke powerful emotions with familiar strangeness as did this one. it is indeed true art to be able to communicate heart-to- heart.’ - Nguyen Quan Art and AsiaPacific, April 1994