Special Projects
South Asia Program
Under the rubric of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Year of South Asia in 1997, Asialink organised and toured a number of exhibitions to the smaller countries of South Asia, a practice which continues.
This was a new and rewarding area of exploration for Australian visual arts and provided the groundwork for future programs. Audience numbers and interest was high, the level of discussion sophisticated, and press response pleasing.
Australian curators and artists travelled to each venue and usually gave at least one talk on contemporary Australian culture. The exhibitions include:
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Body and Soul, curated by the National Gallery of Australia, touring to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal
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Aurora; Australian wood, metal, glass, fibre, ceramics, curated by RMIT Gallery touring to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
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Patterning in Contemporary Art, Layers of Meaning, curated by Canberra School of Art Gallery, touring to Pakistan
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Other Stories, curated by Asialink, touring to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
- Internal Travel, Hossein Valamanesh, with
Angela Valamanesh, National College of the Arts Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
- A Transit Through Paradise, Fiona Hall,
Curated by the Queensland Art Gallery at Gallery 706, Colombo, Sri
Lanka
- Australia-Japan Arts Network
- Writings on the Wall
- Indonesian Internships in Australian Arts Organisations