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DELVE DEEPER into APT9 https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/catego... SUBSCRIBE to be the first to go behind-the-scenes/ Tcheu Siong is an ethnic Hmong artist whose unique, large-scale textile works capture her own dreams and visions in connection to her Hmong ancestry and spirituality. Like many Hmong people, Siong had to leave her homelands in northern Laos and move to the city of Luang Prabang in the late 1990s, where she began to make traditional embroideries to sell in the tourist-frequented markets.

She gradually developed her own hand-stitched appliqué style, creating colourful pieces more than four metres long that feature elaborate imagery and patterning. Her work depicts a range of figures and creatures that are identified within the Hmong spiritual world by her shaman husband, Phasao Lao.

While the Lao Hmong are known for both their decorative and narrative textiles, Siong demonstrates a unique approach, departing from traditional design to create an experimental form of contemporary art.

Free, and curated for audiences of all ages, the hugely ambitious APT series 'The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art' (APT9) overflows with colour and life and profiles artworks by more than 80 artists, groups and projects from over 30 countries, and is presented across key spaces in the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) and the entire Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA). The 9th edition of APT, QAGOMA’s flagship exhibition series, continues to foster the development and presentation of the world's most significant works of contemporary Asian, Pacific and Australian art since 1993.

WEBSITE: https://www.qagoma.qld.gov.au/apt9

The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT9) / Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) Brisbane Australia / 24 Nov 2018 – 28 Apr 2019

APT9 has been assisted by our Founding Supporter Queensland Government and Principal Partner the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.

Source: QAGOMA APT Archive

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