The Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

228 Yao Jui-chung Taiwan b.1969 Everything will fall into ruin 1990– 2009 Black and white digital photographs, AP 1 / 48 sheets: 100 x 150cm (each) / Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 2009 / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Yang Shaobin China b.1963 X – Blind Spot No. 1 2008 Oil on canvas / 354 x 240cm X – Blind Spot No. 4 2008 Oil on canvas / 354 x 240cm X – Blind Spot No. 7 2008 Oil on canvas / 194 x 357cm X – Blind Spot No. 8 2008 Oil on canvas / 280 x 210cm X – Blind Spot No. 16 2008 Fibreglass / 250 x 90 x 80cm X – Blind Spot No. 18 2008 Fibreglass, clay / 61 x 74 x 108cm Courtesy: The artist and Long March Space, Beijing YNG (Yoshitomo Nara and graf) Yoshitomo Nara Japan b.1959 Hideki Toyoshima Japan b.1971 Ryo Aoyanagi Japan b.1974 Yasumasa Konishi Japan b.1974 Y.N.G.M.S. (Y.N.G.’s Mobile Studio) 2009 Mixed media / Installed dimensions: 530 x 370 x 270cm / Commissioned for APT6 and the Queensland Art Gallery Collection with assistance from Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. Purchased 2009 with funds from the Bequest of Grace Davies and Nell Davies through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Zhu Weibing and Ji Wenyu Zhu Weibing China b.1971 Ji Wenyu China b.1959 People holding flowers 2007 Synthetic polymer paint on resin; velour, steel wire, dacron, lodestone and cotton / 400 pieces: 100 x 18 x 8cm (each) / Installed dimensions variable / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2008 with funds from Michael Simcha Baevski through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery Kids’ APT Minam Apang India b.1980 Scribbling with script 2009 A drawing activity for children which reflects the artist’s interest in script, storytelling and exploring language in unexpected ways. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan Maria Isabel Gaudinez-Aquilizan Philippines/Australia b.1965 Alfredo Juan Aquilizan Philippines/Australia b.1962 In-flight (Project: Another Country) 2009 Mixed media / Site-specific work for APT6 / Courtesy: The artists Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Iran b.1924 Patterns of infinity 2009 A computer touchscreen interactive in which participants can create colourful geometric designs. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Gonkar Gyatso Tibet/United Kingdom b.1961 Funky Buddhas 2009 Sculptural installation consisting of 17 seated Buddha statues and coloured stickers. / Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Ho Tzu Nyen Singapore b.1976 H the Happy Robot 2009 High-definition digital video, single channel, colour, sound, 6:42 minutes, ed. of 3 / Commissioned for APT6 / Supported by the National Arts Council and Singapore Film Commission / Courtesy: The artist Runa Islam Bangladesh/United Kingdom b.1970 Make believe 2009 Children are invited to make their own thaumatrope, also known as a ‘turning wonder’. Invented in the 1820s, the thaumatrope used to be a popular optical toy which relies on the viewer’s persistence of vision and short-term memory to allow images to merge and become one. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Ayaz Jokhio Pakistan b.1978 99 Self portraits 2009 A mix-and-match activity based on Ayaz Jokhio’s drawing series ‘99 Self portraits’. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Mansudae Art Studio North Korea/Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) est.1959 The Fairy of the Kumgang Mountains 2009 Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artists The Mekong Rich Streitmatter-Tran Vietnam b.1972 My River, My Future: A Children’s Drawing Project 2009 A project in two stages, which features drawing workshops in countries of the Mekong River region — Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar — and Brisbane, looking at connections children have with their local river. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Pacific Reggae: Roots Beyond the Reef Marcel Meltherorong aka Mars Melto New Caledonia/Vanuatu b.1975 Singsing with Marcel 2009 A multimedia interactive with interview of performer Marcel Meltherorong (aka Mars Melto), providing the opportunity to create a music video clip with him. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist Wit Pimkanchanapong Thailand b.1976 I, you, we 2009 A multimedia interactive in which participants’ facial features are fragmented and recombined into those of others to form a new portrait. Commissioned for APT6 / Courtesy: The artist