9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

'The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT) is the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art's flagship contemporary art series. Since 1993, the APT series has drawn more than three million visitors with its unique mix of presenting the most exciting and important contemporary art from the region and offering cross-cultural insight. The APT takes over QAGOMA every three years with the exhibition, film program, Children’s Art Centre projects, and a dedicated public program of talks and workshops. Enabling the Gallery to develop expertise and partnerships in the region, the APT has fostered the development of one of the world's most significant collections of contemporary Asian and Pacific art. QAGOMA’s Asia Pacific Council is an incubator for organisations who conduct business across Australia, Asia and the Pacific, to share knowledge and cultural engagement about the region and support 'The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art'.

Kim Beom, Residential Watchtower Complex for Security Guards (2017). Inkjet print on cotton paper, ed. 2/8 (4 AP). 36 x 51cm. Purchased 2017. Collection: Queensland Art Gallery. Courtesy Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation.

KIM BEOM

Whether they propose philosophical pondering, flights of fancy or wry social commentary, Kim Beom’s ideas manifest in the most charming ways, through gorgeous drawings, deliberately ham-fisted porcelain, prose writing, and arrangements of humble, everyday objects. Part of the generation of Korean artists who came of age during the democracy struggles of the 1980s, Kim has developed a conceptually informed, materially rich practice whose humility of scale and tone belies the sharp observations and absurdist humour of its content. Kim’s ‘Blueprints and Perspectives’ are a series of satirical drawings and plans for imaginary structures that the artist has developed since 2002. These include a school that offers lessons in defying gravity, a spy ship disguised as a cloud, and a bat-shaped safe house for tyrants, complete with escape pod.

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