The Second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art exhibition catalogue (APT2)

PUBLISHER Queensland Art Gallery Queensland Cultural Centre South Brisbane P.O. Box 3686 South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia © Queensland Art Gallery 1996 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the publisher. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the publisher. Scholarly Editors Caroline Turner and Rhana Devenport Coordinating Editor Melanie Raymond Artist and Photographic Coordinator Dionissia Giakoumi Editorial Assistant Robyn Ziebell Design and Production Elliott Murray Typeset in Helvetica Typographix Pty Ltd Printed on Royal Impression Satin Screen Offset Printing National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (2nd : 1996 : Brisbane, Old). The second Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Australia, 1996. ISBN O7242 7170 8. 1. Art, East Asian-Exhibitions. 2. Art, Southeast Asian-Exhibitions. 3. Art, Modern -20th century-East Asia-Exhibitions. 4. Art, Modern-20th century-Asia, Southeastern-Exhibitions. 5. Art, Modern- 20th century-Oceania-Exhibitions. 6. Art– Oceania-Exhibitions. I. Queensland Art Gallery. II. Title. 709.5040749431 NOTES ON THE CATALOGUE Essay text for this catalogue has been supplied by the authors as attributed. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. Essays have been edited by the Queensland Art Gallery for style, consistency and length. Dimensions of all works are given in centimetres (cm), height before width before depth. In some cases, it was not possible to confirm details of works prior to publication. Where descriptions of installation works do not appear in the essays, these are included in the list of works based on available information. Photographs of installations and the list of works are contained in supplements published separately. REL I EF ILL USTRATIONS Page 3 Choi Jeong Hwa I, too, want to go to your side and become a flower-Super Flower 1995 Fabric, air compressor, oil pressure equipment 550x150x130cm Collection: The artist Page 5 Nilima Sheikh Songspace 1995 (detail: Absence) Installation at 'Africus', First Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa Page 8 Lin Onus Detail, Astronger spring for David– toas for amodern age 1994 Feathers, electrical conduit,metal heater elements, cotton thread, synthetic polymer paint Collection: Queensland Art Gallery. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Page 10 Takashi Murakami Detail, The hellish madness of the game has come to an end leaving you hanging 1994 Vinyl chloride, helium gas, steel,mirror, cutting sheet Height: 600cm Courtesy:Tomio Koyama Gallery,Tokyo Page 34 Wong Hoy Cheong She was married at fourteen and had fourteen children (from 'Migrants' series) 1994 Charcoal and photostat collage on hanging paper scrolls 190x150cm Collection: National Art Gallery, Malaysia Page 58 Cai Guo Qiang Dragon or Rainbow Serpent (Fire Dragon) 1996 Six preparatory drawings Fibre-tipped pen and watercolour on paper 30x45cm (each)