What a treasure Brisbane's Cultural Precinct is. Happily I'm well served for public transport access. I can catch a bus direct through the city to the Cultural Centre Busway Station; or a train to South Brisbane Station; or the wonderful CityCat to Southbank, a trip as fun as being a tourist in ones own city. I love taking in live shows and concerts at the Performing Arts Centre, listening to fine arts lectures at the State Library, viewing exhibitions by Australian and world artists at the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art and catching up on Queensland's natural and social history at the Queensland Museum.
The art galleries' current offering is the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, the only major exhibition series in the world to focus exclusively on the
contemporary art of Asia, the Pacific and Australia. The series has been running since 1993 so the current show is the seventh - APT7. The series' focus is on the geography, history and culture of the region and the works filling both GOMA and the QAG show how latterday artists explore these subjects. Noting the end date of the exhibition was looming I hopped on CityCat last weekend to feast on this rich cultural banquet before it was too late.I'm tempted to go back for seconds.
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| The journey begins at Guyatt Park. |
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The QAG forecourt...part of a precious precinct. |
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| Papua New Guinea cultural designs decorate traditional building. |
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| Colourful PNG bilim bag made from rolled bark fibre string. |
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| It's a drum. |
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| Yum! Sushi. |
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| A wonderful spot from which to view Brisbane city. |
Well done Kathy! We went to the same exhibition some time ago. I'm glad you didn't miss it. I reckon its one of the best exhibitions they have there. Great photos and a excellent post. Not too long and not too short.
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Great to know the the Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Exhibition is on again. We've been to the last two. having lived in Papua New Guinea in the 60s, it's always a treat. Thanks for posting it.
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DeleteReally enjoyed reading this interesting post Katie. It sounds as if it's something I should put in the calendar for next time. Your photos are terrific!
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