The Ninth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

PUBLISHER Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art Stanley Place, South Bank, Brisbane PO Box 3686, South Brisbane Queensland 4101 Australia www.qagoma.qld.gov.au Published for ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, an exhibition organised by the Queensland Art Gallery I Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) and held at QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia, 24 November 2018 – 28 April 2019. © Queensland Art Gallery, 2018 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 reproductions and rights should be addressed to the publisher. Copyright for texts in this publication is held by the authors and QAGOMA. Copyright in all artworks 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 QAGOMA. Every endeavour has been made to obtain permissions from the copyright owners; inquiries concerning reproductions and rights should be addressed to the publisher. NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA CATALOGUING-IN-PUBLICATION ENTRY A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia. Cover: ZICO ALBAIQUNI Indonesia b.1987 Negotiation of Understanding (detail) 2016–17 Oil, synthetic polymer paint and giclée on canvas / 270 x 580cm / Courtesy: The artist and Yavuz Gallery, Singapore pp.2–3: SIMON GENDE Kuman people Papua New Guinea b.1969 Bird stealing baby (detail) 2018 Synthetic polymer paint on canvas / 77 x 118cm / Courtesy: The artist pp.4–5: MUNEM WASIF Bangladesh b.1983 Kheyal (still, detail) 2015–18 Single-channel video, 23:34 minutes, black and white, sound / Courtesy: The artist and Project 88, Mumbai / With support from Bengal Foundation / Proposed for the Queensland Art Gallery Collection pp.6–7: AISHA KHALID Pakistan b.1972 Water has never feared the fire (detail) 2018 Fabric, gold-plated and steel pins / Triptych: 492.75 x 167.65cm; 492.75 x 83.8cm; 492.75 x 83.8cm / Commissioned for APT9 / The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2018 with funds from The Myer Foundation through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation to commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery pp.8–9: JOYCE HO Taiwan b.1983 Overexposed memory (still, detail) 2015 Single-channel video installation, 4:47 minutes, colour, sound / Courtesy: The artist and TKG+, Taipei / Proposed for the Queensland Art Gallery Collection pp.10–11: HARIT SRIKHAO Thailand/Germany b.1995 Heaven Gate (from ‘Whitewash’ series) (detail) 2015–16 Digital photograph / 64 x 100.3cm / Courtesy: Gallery VER, Bangkok pp.12–13: LOLA GREENO Palawa people Australia b.1946 Netepa menna (detail) 2018 Abalone shells spaced with echidna quills on stainless steel wire / 43.5cm (diam.) / Commissioned for APT9 / Purchased 2018 with funds from The Hon. Ashley Dawson- Damer am through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation / Collection: Queensland Art Gallery 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. Descriptive and attributed titles are in parentheses. Captions generally appear as supplied. All photography is credited as known. Care has been taken to ensure the colour reproductions match as closely as possible the digital files of the original works. Typeset in Posterama and Gotham. Image colour adjustment and prepress by Colour Chiefs, Brisbane. Printed by Australian Book Connection in Shenzhen, China, on Lumi Silk and Woodfree. ISBN: 9781921503924 DISTRIBUTION Thames & Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd 11 Central Boulevard Portside Business Park Port Melbourne Victoria 3207 T: +61 3 9646 7788 E: enquiries@thaust.com.au W: thamesandhudsonaustralia.com WARNING It is customary in many Indigenous communities not to mention the name or reproduce photographs of the deceased. All such mentions and photographs in this publication are with permission. However, care and discretion should be exercised in using this book within Indigenous communities. 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.