7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
Untitled (from ‘The Battle of the Noble Savage’ series), 2007, Greg Semu.
‘The High Country’, Joanna Langford, 2010.
Lounge Room Tribalism, George Fraser, 2010. Photographer: Alex North.
This Asia Pacific Triennial will mark the 20th anniversary of the series and will include new and recent work by 75 artists and artist groups from 27 countries across Asia, the Pacific and Australia. Highlights of the exhibition include a major display of architectural structures and masks from Papua New Guinea; work by young generations of artists from Indonesia and Vietnam; work with a focus on West Asia and work from New Zealand artists.
The New Zealand artworks that will feature include: Graham Fletcher’s ‘Lounge Room Tribalism’ paintings; Joanna Langford’s delicate and site-specific construction made from silage plastic, LED lights and precarious ladders, which she calls a sort of ‘anti-engineering’; Richard Maloy’s 30-metre long amorphous structure of cardboard boxes that can be entered by visitors and will be prominently visible from outside the Gallery and more.