Ocula Report Havana Biennial 2019: Constructing the Possible 17 Apr 2019 : Federica Bueti for Ocula I first visited Havana in November 2016, a few days after Fidel Castro died, and just under a year before Hurricane Irma hit Cuba in September 2017. Since then, much has changed, including the hand-painted signs that punctuate the journey from the airport to the city centre, which today do not celebrate the revolution so much as the 'Unidad y...
Ocula Conversation Andrew Stahl and Guo Xiaohui The exhibition Beyond Boundaries at Somerset House in London (12 March–2 April 2019) marked the historic contributions of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (CAFA) and the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, on the occasion of their 100th and 150th anniversaries, respectively. Spread across several rooms of Somerset House's...
Ocula Report The National 2019: New Australian Art 13 Apr 2019 : Elyse Goldfinch for Ocula The National 2019: New Australian Art features work by 70 contemporary Australia-based artists split across three venues: the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Carriageworks, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) (29 March–21 July 2019), as curated by Isobel Parker Philip, curator of photographs at AGNSW; Daniel Mudie Cunningham,...
Wolfgang TillmansPalm tree, sun burst, 2015 Inkjet print mounted on aluminium, in artist's frame
R.H. QuaytmanAn Evening, Chapter 32, 2017 Oil, textile, silkscreen ink, gesso on wood
Henrik OlesenUntitled, 2018 Silkscreen on wood, acrylic paint, lacquer, inkjet print on paper, plexiglas, epoxy
Henrik OlesenUntitled, 2018 Silkscreen on wood, acrylic paint, lacquer, inkjet print on paper, plexiglas, epoxy
Sam LewittStandard Asset, 2017 Cast fuel ash, metal hardware, clear Murano glass, electrical hardware
Richard HawkinsThe Voluptaries, 2018 Oil stick and collage on panel, in artist frame
Isa GenzkenSchauspieler II, 5, 2014 Woman mannequin on metal stand, black and white striped woolen jumper, black waist coat, black corduroy pants, black leather shoes, baseball cap, spray paint, white mesh, remote by feet
Cerith Wyn EvansKatagami Screen 3, 2015 Paper stencil, mulberry paper, persimmon lacquer, silk thread, artist frame
Cerith Wyn EvansKatagami Screen 6, 2015 Paper stencil, mulberry paper, persimmon lacquer, silk thread, artist frame
Cerith Wyn EvansKatagami Screen 7, 2015 Paper stencil, mulberry paper, persimmon lacquer, silk thread, artist frame
Simon DennyCrypto Futures Game of Life Board Overprint Collage: zAPPed, 2018 Digital print on Hasbro Game of Life zAPPed Edition board, UV print on Apple iPad, powder-coated server rack shelving, laser cut Plexiglas, various server rack hardware components
Jane and Louise WilsonLumens Split (Lautner #5), 2018 C-print mounted on aluminum with Diasec
The Estate Of Alina SzapocznikowSous la coupole (La métamorphose), 1970 Polyurethane foam and nylon tights
Rashid JohnsonUntitled Escape Collage, 2018 Vinyl, spray enamel, oil stick, black soap, wax
Roni HornUntitled ("When I dropped in downstairs for some tobacco, I did indeed see 'millions and millions' of insects, an amazing sight, and very probably possible only in Sakhalin. The walls and ceiling seemd to be covered in funeral crape, moving as if in a wind; from isolated spots in the crape which scurried along swiftly and raggedly one could guess what this seething and overflowing mass consisted of. A rustling and loud whispering could be heard, as if the cockroaches and bugs were hurrying somewhere and conferring."), 2013–2017 Solid cast glass with as-cast surfaces, with oculus
Phyllida Barlowuntitled: venicerackaxle; 2017, 2017 Bonding, cardboard, cement, fabric, hessian scrim, PVA, plywood, sand, spray paint, steel, timber
