The Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Publisher Queensland Art Gallery Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane PO Box 3686, South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia www.qag.qld.gov.au Published for ‘The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, organised by the Queensland Art Gallery and held at the Gallery of Modern Art and the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, 5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010. © Queensland Art Gallery, 2009 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 , no part may be reproduced without prior written permission from the publisher. No illustration in this publication may be reproduced without the permission of the copyright owners. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the publisher. Copyright for texts in this publication is held by the Queensland Art Gallery and the authors. Copyright for all art works and images is held by the creators or their representatives, unless otherwise stated. Copyright of photographic images is held by individual photographers and institutions or the Queensland Art Gallery. Every attempt has been made to locate holders of copyright and reproduction rights of all images reproduced in this publication. The publisher would be grateful to hear from any reader with further information. Care has been taken to ensure the colour reproductions match as closely as possible the supplied transparencies, film stock or digital files of the original works. National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in- Publication data: Author: Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (6th : 2009 : Brisbane, Qld.) Title: The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. ISBN: 9781921503085 (pbk.) Subjects: Art, Asian--21st century--Exhibitions. Art, Pacific Island--21st century--Exhibitions. Other Authors/Contributors: Queensland Art Gallery. Dewey Number: 709.50905 ISBN 978 1 921503 08 5 Notes on the publication The order of the artists’ family names and given names varies depending on the conventions used in their respective home countries, or the artist’s own preference. Text for this publication has been supplied by the authors as attributed. The views expressed are not necessarily those of the publisher. Dimensions of works are given in centimetres (cm), height preceding width followed by depth. Captions generally appear as supplied by lenders. All photography is credited as known. Typeset in Avenir and Clarendon. Printed by Platypus Graphics, Brisbane, on Novatech Satin from Raleigh Paper. Cover (including back cover and inside gatefold details): Kohei Nawa Japan b.1975 PixCell-Elk#2 2009 Taxidermied elk, glass, acrylic, crystal beads / 240 x 249.5 x 198cm / Work created with the support of the Fondation d’enterprise Hermės / Image courtesy: The artist and SCAI, Tokyo / Photograph: Seiji Toyonaga Page 6–7: Subodh Gupta India b.1964 Line of Control (1) (detail) 2008 Stainless steel and steel structure, brass and copper utensils / 500 x 500 x 500cm / Image courtesy: The artist and Arario Gallery, Beijing Page 8–9: Rudi Mantofani Indonesia b.1973 Nada yang hilang (The lost note) (detail) 2006–07 Wood, metal, leather and oil / 9 pieces: 260 x 45 x 9cm (each) / Collection: Dr Oei Hong Djien / Image courtesy: The artist and Gajah Gallery, Singapore / Photograph: Agung Sukindra Page 10–11: Kim Gi Chol North Korea (DPRK) b.1959 The Songchun River Clothing Factory team arrives (detail) 1999 Ink on paper / 135.5 x 250cm / Collection: Nicholas Bonner, Beijing Page 12–13: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Iran b.1924 Lightning for Neda (detail) 2009 Mirror mosaic, reverse glass painting, plaster on wood / 6 panels: 300 x 200cm (each) / Commissioned for APT6 and the Queensland Art Gallery Collection. The artist dedicates this work to the loving memory of her late husband Dr Abolbashar Farmanfarmaian / Purchased 2009. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery