The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT10) Catalogue

The 10th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 18 Etan Pavavalung Paiwan people Taiwan b.1963 The wind blows between heaven and earth (detail) 2021 Acrylic paint and ink on wooden board / 6 panels: 80 x 240 x 5cm (each) / Courtesy: The artist and Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Cultural Development Centre Uramat works arriving at QAGOMA in the East New Britain Queensland community group's container painted by Nerius Toule, April 2018 Brian Fuata Aotearoa New Zealand/Australia b.1978 Errantucation (mist opportunities) (still) 2021 Performance improvisations filmed at QAGOMA on 23 June, 31 August and 30 September 2021: three-channel HD video, 16:9, 15 minutes (approx.), colour, sound / Commissioned for APT10 / Purchased 2021 with funds from the Jennifer Taylor Bequest through the Queensland Art Gallery l Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foreword We are also joined on this journey by a steadfast group of sponsors and supporters across many sectors, all of whom recognise the value of this endeavour. The Queensland Government, through the Premier, the Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk, and Minister for the Arts, the Honourable Leeanne Enoch, is the Founding Supporter of APT. We welcome Strategic Partner Tourism and Events Queensland, and Principal Partner the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory board, and the Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy. My thanks go to our Major Partners Shayher Group, Urban Art Projects and Queensland University of Technology, together with the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation, which has provided incomparable support to the APT10 Kids program, publication and touring program. We thank our generous Collection Benefactors who have supported the acquisition of major works that appear in APT10: Dr Anne Best, Chong Kim Chiew, Contemporary Patrons, Tim Fairfax AC, Estate of Jessica Ellis, Future Collective, Metamorphic Foundation, Michael Sidney Myer, Oceania Women's Fund, Professor Emeritus Ian O'Connor AC, Terry and Mary Peabody and Mary-Jeanne Hutchinson, Project 11, The Spellbrook Foundation, Bequest of Jennifer Taylor, Uramat Clan of Gaulim and Wunga villages through Gideon Kakabin, Ashby Utting Foundation and an anonymous donor. For the first time, we also include Exhibition Patrons in the cohort of supporters, and acknowledge the contributions of Philip Bacon AO; Suzanne Davies and Richard Dunn; Dr Murray Elliott AO; Mary-Jeanne Hutchinson; Wayne Kratzmann AM; Paul, Sue and Kate Taylor; and Daniel Tobin and Gilbert Guaring. This exhibition includes artists that have not only shown incredible resilience, resourcefulness and courage in working through the challenges of the pandemic in some of the hardest hit parts of the world, but also, in many cases, created projects unlike anything they have done before. I commend all participants for their involvement in APT10. The Gallery is deeply appreciative of their unmatched tenacity and creative contributions to this milestone tenth Triennial.