The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial at the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) features over 500 works exploring themes of crisis, community, care, and cultural preservation. Artist Brett Graham's towering sculptures in the exhibition, Tai Moana Tai Tangata, specifically address colonial entitlement in Aotearoa/New Zealand during the 19th century.
Dana Awartani's Standing by the Ruins is one of 500 pieces in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial, on now at the Queensland Art Gallery /Gallery of Modern Art.The world has been through a lot since the 10th Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) at Queensland Art Gallery /Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) in 2021.
So, it checks out that concepts of crisis, community, care and the crucial upholding of customs are in the spotlight at This Triennial features works from more than 70 artists and collectives, and projects from over 30 countries, across virtually every medium, technique and use of material.Don't worry if you can't make it to QAGOMA before the Triennial ends, almost half of the 500 works will enter the gallery's permanent collections. 1. Aotearoa artist Brett Graham's striking sculptures tell a nuanced story about colonial entitlement While Brett Graham's Tai Moana Tai Tangata installation includes filmed components, it's his five sculptures that prove unforgettable. Towering over QAGOMA's foyer and connecting hallways, the imposing pieces use the architecture of colonial warfare to transport visitors back in time to the mid-to-late 1800s during the early years of Aotearoa/New Zealand's colonisation by the British, specifically in Taranaki on the western side of the North Island. Cease Tide of Wrongdoing 2020 is the first piece visitors to APT11 see upon entering GOMA and it towers over the space at more than nine metres tall.Taranaki is a significant place in the history of Aotearoa because of the land wars that began in 1858, ' the way in which the Māori community there responded to the confiscations of land through both force and also through a gospel of peace', explains Ruth McDougall, curator of Pacific art at QAGOMA. Graham created Tai Moana Tai Tangata while at a residency in Taranaki as a response to what happened in this place, an ode to Taranaki Māori as well as his own iwi (people), the Tainui Māor
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