Group Exhibition Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Contemporary Art in Asia: Traditions/Tensions was originally compiled by Thai curator Apinan Poshyananda for the Asia Society Galleries in New York as a major North American introduction to contemporary art issues and directions from Asia. It was held from 4 October 1996 to 5 January 1997, staged simultaneously in three locations in New York City: the Grey Art Gallery, the Queens Museum of Art, and the Asia Society Galleries.
When it travelled to the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth, the Art Gallery also commissioned Singapore artist Tang Da Wu to reconstruct his large work: Sorry Whale, I didn't know that you were in my camera – abuse of somebody is part of modernist strategy. The public was invited to cover the body of a wire mesh whale with used colour film canisters, messages and photos which, judging by the enthusiastic response, will have totally transformed the great white sleeping form into a fully technicolour installation by the close of the exhibition.
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