Zhu Weibing, Ji Wenyu People holding flowers (detail) 2007 The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery
This sixth staging of the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is set to kick off in December in Brisbane, Australia. Centered at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, APT6 will feature the work of more than 100 artists from 25 countries, including North Korea, Turkey, Iran, Tibet, Cambodia and Myanmar. Exhibiting artists include Subodh Gupta, Runa Islam, Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, Gonkar Gyatso and from Japan, NYG (Nara Yoshitomo+graf), Nawa Kohei, Ohmaki Shinji, and Sawa Hiraki. Curator Iida Shihoko, who recently announced her resignation from the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, will be joining the APT curatorial team as a guest curator at QAG.
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010
http://qag.qld.gov.au/exhibitions/coming_soon/apt6
ART iT ArtBlog: Iida Shihoko
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