Ocula Conversation Jess Johnson: Worlds Within Worlds Geometric patterns, anthropomorphic characters, architectural spatial environments, and relics of the ancient world appear throughout Jess Johnson's artworks.Johnson's solo art-ventures began in drawing, but her long-term collaborative relationship with animator Simon Ward brings her drawings to life in videos and virtual reality. The animator has...
Ocula Conversation Melati Suryodarmo: Performance Art as Trigger In 2012, Melati Suryodarmo opened Studio Plesungan in her native Surakarta, also known as Solo, the historic royal capital of the Mataram Empire of Java in Indonesia. Suryodarmo had returned to Indonesia from Germany, where she studied Butoh and choreography with Butoh dancer and choreographer Anzu Furukawa, time-based media with avantgarde...
Ocula Report Lagos Biennial 2019: Stories from Africa’s most Populous City 15 Nov 2019 : Jareh Das for Ocula Under the direction of Folakunle Oshun, the second edition of the Lagos Biennial (26 October–23 November 2019) includes works by over 40 Lagos-based and international artists, architects, and collectives. Curated by architect Tosin Oshinowo, curator and producer Oyindamola Fakeye, and assistant curator of photography at the Art Institute of...
Ocula Insight | Video Hans Hartung and Art Informel at Mazzoleni London (1 October 2019-18 January 2020) presents key works by the French-German painter while highlighting his connection with artists active in Paris during the 50s and 60s. In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy.Born in Leipzig in 1904, Hans...
Jess Johnson discusses her collaboration with animator Simon Ward to bring her hyper-detailed drawings to life in immersive installations, now on view at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne.
Read More By EMMA-KATE WILSONJess Johnson. At the McCahon House Residency, Titirangi, New Zealand, February 2019. Photo: Rebekah Robinson.
With upcoming projects taking place from New York to Shanghai, including Contemporary Worlds: Indonesia at the National Gallery of Australia (21 June–27 October 2019), Melati Suryodarmo reflects on her artistic influences and career milestones.
Read More By CRISTINA SANCHEZ-KOZYREVAMelati Suryodarmo, Transaction of Hollows (2016). Performed at and commissioned by Lilith Performance Studio Malmö, Sweden, (19–22 October 2016). Courtesy the artist.
Temitayo Ogunbiyi, You Will Find Playgrounds Among Palm Trees (2019). Exhibition view: How to Build a Lagoon With Just A Bottle of Wine?, Lagos Biennial (26 October–23 November 2019). Courtesy Lagos Biennial.
In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy.
View VideoVideo still: Hans Hartung and Art Informel, Mazzoleni, London (1 October 2019–18 January 2020). Courtesy Ocula & Mazzoleni. Video: Stef-o and Vlad.
Ocula Report Lagos Biennial 2019: Stories from Africa’s most Populous City 15 Nov 2019 : Jareh Das for Ocula Under the direction of Folakunle Oshun, the second edition of the Lagos Biennial (26 October–23 November 2019) includes works by over 40 Lagos-based and international artists, architects, and collectives. Curated by architect Tosin Oshinowo, curator and producer Oyindamola Fakeye, and assistant curator of photography at the Art Institute of...
Ocula Conversation Michael Armitage and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami on Painting At just 26 years of age, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami has made two enviable milestones this year. The Zimbabwean-born and London-based artist represented her country of birth at the 58th Venice Biennale alongside Georgina Maxim, Neville Starling, and Cosmas Shiridzinomwa; while her first institutional solo exhibition opened at Gasworks in London on 19...
Ocula Photolog ART021 Shanghai 2019 12 November 2019 'As one of the most important contemporary art fairs in Asia, ART021 reinforces its ongoing commitment to leveraging local recourses with a global perspective, supporting contemporary Chinese art andcultivating new generations of domestic collectors. 111 world's leading galleries from 18 countries and 57 cities are selected to present contemporary...
Ocula Photolog West Bund Art & Design 2019 11 November 2019 'The fair provides a platform for international exhibitors to showcase the finest quality of modern and contemporary art in Shanghai. With exhibitions and art events offered by museums and galleries in the city, West Bund has made November's Shanghai a permanent fixture on the global art calendar.' –West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai (7–10...
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