11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

PUBLISHER Queensland ArtGallery | Gallery of Modern Art Stanley Place, South Brisbane POBox 3686, South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia www.qagoma.qld.gov.au Published for ‘The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, an exhibition organised by the Queensland ArtGallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and held at QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia, 30 November 2024 – 27 April 2025. ©Queensland ArtGallery Board of Trustees, 2024 This work is copyright and all rights are reserved. Apart fromany use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 , no partmay be reproduced or communicated to the public in any formor by any process without prior written permission from the publisher. No illustration in this publicationmay be reproduced without the permission of the copyright owners. Requests and inquiries concerning reproductions and rights should be addressed to the publisher. Copyright for texts in this publication is held by the authors and QAGOMA. 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(pp.14–15) Rithika Merchant / India b.1986 / Temporal Structures (detail) 2023 / Gouache, watercolour and ink on paper / 105 x 150cm / Courtesy: The artist and TARQ, Mumbai (pp.16–17) Haus Yuriyal sourcing red for paintings, Jiwaka, Papua New Guinea 2023 / Courtesy: The artists / Photograph: Digine Dickson (pp.22–3) Mit Jai Inn / Thailand b.1960 / Untitled (Tunnel #APT) (detail) 2024 / Oil on canvas / Eight parts: 150 x 1200cm (each, approx.) / Commissioned for APT11 / Courtesy: The artist and Silverlens, Manila and New York (pp.30–1) Varunika Saraf / India b.1981 / Thieves in the forest (detail) 2024 / Watercolour on wasli backed with cotton textile / 183 × 275cm / Commissioned for APT11 / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2024 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / Image courtesy: The artist (pp.40–1) Dana Awartani / Saudi Arabia/Palestine b.1987 / Standing by the ruins (detail) 2022 / Compressed earth and pigment / 439 bricks: 850 × 310cm (installed dimensions, approx.) / Purchased 2024 with funds from the Contemporary Patrons through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / Image courtesy: The artist (pp.242) Keepa Maskey / Newa people / Nepal b.1973 / Recital of a Dressmaker (detail) 2024 / Cotton, cheesecloth, organza, cotton quilting thread, silk embroidery thread, silk paint / 152.4 × 103.6cm / Purchased 2024. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (pp.243) Haji Oh / Japan/ Australia b.1976 / Seabird Habitats (detail) 2022 / Linen (plainwoven, warp-faced, pick-up patterned, four-selvedge cloth), lead, hook, slide projection / Seven panels: 300 × 41cm (each); 300 x 287cm (installed); floor projection 550 x 400cm; installed dimensions variable / Courtesy: The artist / Proposed for the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Collection (cover) Wardha Shabbir / Pakistan b.1987 / Paths to Portals (detail) 2024 / Gouache on acid-free archival paper / 40.6 × 28cm / Purchased 2024 with funds from an anonymous donor through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art / Image courtesy: The artist (pp.2–3) Katupika women, Katupika 2023 / Photograph: Peter Gardner (pp.4–5) Dulguun Baatarsukh / Mongolia b.1984 / February (detail) 2022 / Synthetic polymer paint and mixed media on canvas / 40 x 40cm / Purchased 2024. Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (pp.6–7) Kawita Vatanajyankur / Thailand b.1987 / Pat Pataranutaporn / United States b.1995 / The Machine Ghost in the Human Shell (from ‘Cyber Labour’ series) (detail) 2024 / Performative hologram projections with AI / Installed dimensions variable / Commissioned for APT11 / Courtesy: The artists and Nova Contemporary, Bangkok (pp.8–9) Joel Geolamen / The Philippines b.1972 / Habilin (Tausug 2) (detail) 2021 / Oil on canvas / 76.2 × 152.4cm / Purchased 2024 with funds from the Bequest of Noela Clare Deutscher, in memory of her parents, A Evans Deutscher and Clare Deutscher, through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art The Australian Centre of Asia Pacific Art (ACAPA) is the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art's Asian and Pacific research and publishing arm. 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