The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia, 1996 : Report

the Asia-Pacific region. It is perhaps an example of the sort of positive engagement and exchange we might well try to emulate. (Peter Anderson, Culture and PolicyVol. 7, No.2 1 996) The APT and the conference are exciting events that I have enjoyed very much. I am firmly convinced what you have been doing is really great, even historically significant. Personally, it is also a great chance for me to be informed of the situation in the region. (Hou Hanru , Chinese Paris based critic and speaker at Conference) Of the exhibitions in Australia and Japan offering until now the sole opportunities to address the complex issues and dilemmas facing contemporary Asian artists, the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane has assumed a leadership role , having organised an international symposium and the FirstAsia-Pacific Triennial of ContemporaryArt in 1 993. (Lynn Gumpert, 'Unabashedly Asia' , Artnews, USA, November 1 996) The Triennial has been well funded but it is repaying its sponsors many times over with its successes . . . The Brisbane exh ibition's success was a direct result of management making connections with government, business and academe the best possible result. (Joanna Mendelssohn , The Weekend Australian, 1 9 -20 October 1 996) The first APT exhibition was invigorating, the second even more so. To utter a sweeping generalisation, there is a Mcluchanish heat about it, contrasting with the medium cool of other more familiar euramerica-focused contemporary work. (Michael Snelling, 'The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Queensland Art Gallery' , Museum National, February 1 997) I really believe that the APT will be responsible for some of the most significant developments within the contemporary art discourse world-wide. The potential for gallery and museum p rofessionals to i ncrease their breadth of knowledge and understanding of work from the Asia-Pacific region is undeniably one of the greatest strengths of the APT. (Steven Pozel, Director, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada) Beyond the question of media and meaning altogether lies the most important achievement of the Trienniat. to have initiated a new sense of community within the Asia-Pacific region. (Stuart Koop, review of the Second Asia-Pacific Triennial, in Art+Text, No. 56, 1 997, pp. 95-96) 27