Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. (Preview).QUEENSLAND ART GALLERY The Queensland Art Gallery (formerly Queensland National Art Gallery) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River at South Bank. The Queensland Art Gallery is adjacent to the Queensland Museum. Ever hip to shifting cultural and economic boundaries, previous Asia-Pacific Triennials have tended toward jamboree-style inclusiveness, forging important institutional alliances along the way. This year's show brings it all back home with a scaled-down lineup of seventeen participants assembled by five in-house curators (led by museum director Doug Hall Doug Hall is an inventor most known for his appearance on the ABC television series American Inventor. Doug began his inventing career at age 12, inventing and selling a line of magic and juggling kits. ). Whereas past events have emphasized multicultural description, this one focuses on Asian-Pacific art in relation to the international context. Boasting such heavy hitters as Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.[1] He is considered by some[2] , Yayoi Kusama, and Montien Boonma amid a roster of younger artists, the APT looks set to become a powerful arbiter in a newly configured East-meets-West art world--and a telling indicator of Australia's inherently protean pro·te·an adj. Readily taking on varied shapes, forms, or meanings. protean changing form or assuming different shapes. identity. Sept. 12-Jan. 27. |
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