Ocula Report 4th Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life 15 Feb 2019 : Natalie King for Ocula 'Poems are like sentences that have taken their clothes off.' Marlene Dumas' poetic and sensual refrain accompanies her figurative watercolours on view in Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life, the fourth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) in the southern state of Kerala, India (12 December 2018–29 March 2019).Dumas' new series...
Ocula Conversation Ellen Altfest The paintings of Ellen Altfest are ethereal in their detail. Fields of minutiae come together as pulsating images; small brushstrokes of oil paint accumulate over a series of months to single out seemingly innocuous subjects, such as a hand resting atop patterned fabric (The Hand, 2011) or a deep green cactus reaching upwards from beneath a bed of...
Ocula Report Colomboscope 2019: Cross Currents and Dissonance 8 Feb 2019 : Nada Raza for Ocula On the rooftop of the former Rio Hotel complex in Colombo, it was hard to ignore the high-rise buildings, still under construction, blocking all but a sliver of what used to be an open view over Slave Island, once an island on Beira Lake that housed slaves in the 19th century, and now a downtown suburb. The hotel was set alight during the...
Artist Unknown - North Western AustraliaA Bardi Shield, nineteenth century Carved hardwood and natural earth pigments
Artist Unknown - Western AustraliaAn Early Wunda Shield, nineteenth century Carved wood and natural earth pigments
Artist Unknown - Western AustraliaA Dynamically Carved Shield, nineteenth century Carved hardwood and natural earth pigments
Artist Unknown - South East AustraliaAn Early Parrying Shield, early nineteenth century Carved hardwood
Artist Unknown - New South WalesAn Early Narrow Shield, mid-late nineteenth century Carved hardwood and natural earth pigments
Artist Unknown - New South WalesAn Early Narrow Shield, early-mid nineteenth century Carved hardwood
Artist Unknown - South East AustraliaAn Early Broad Shield, early nineteenth century Carved hardwood, cane handle and natural earth pigments
Michael Craig-MartinDesign and Architecture – Le Corbusier, 2017 Silkscreen print on 410gsm Somerset satin tub sized paper
Michael Craig-MartinDesign and Architecture – Mies van der Rohe, 2017 Silkscreen print on 410gsm Somerset satin tub sized paper
Cornelia ParkerCoffee Pot Hit by a Hammer, 2015 Polymer photogravure etching on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm paper
Cornelia ParkerFox Talbot’s Articles of Glass (bottoms up), 2017 Polymer photogravure etching on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm paper
Jake & Dinos ChapmanBedtime Tales for Sleepless Nights, 2013 Suite of 15 colour etchings presented in a custom portfolio box with accompanying colophon page
Tracey Emin8 Etchings, 2010 Suite of 8 soft ground etchings in custom-made presentation box
Damien HirstThe Souls III – Hazy Gold / Fuschia Pink / Loganberry Pink, 2010 Triple-colour foilblock on 300gsm Arches archival paper in frame specified by the artist
Damien HirstThe Souls III – Cool Gold / Prairie Copper / Topaz, 2010 Triple-colour foilblock on 300gsm Arches archival paper in frame specified by the artist
Julian OpieTwenty Six Portraits, 2006 Cloth-bound book in silk slipcase with sixteen lithographic portraits printed into the book, plus five Lambda portraits and five screenprint portraits tipped-in
Julian OpieMelbourne Statuettes, 2018 Complete set of 7 freestanding statuettes in patinated black bronze on Crema Grey stone bases
Julian OpieJulian, 2013 Archival inkjet laminated to glass, backed with dibond, in frame specified by the artist
Julian OpieRunning Men, 2016 Screenprint in 23 colours on 410gsm Somerset satin paper in frame specified by the artist
Julian OpieRunning Women, 2016 Screenprint in 21 colours on 410gsm Somerset satin paper in frame specified by the artist
Deborah KellyJustin Shoulder, 2017 Pigment print on organic linen, brass hardware, garnets, mother of pearl rosary beads, lace, swarowski crystals, beads, sequins, embroidery
Deborah KellyRamesh Nithiyendran, 2017 Pigment print on organic linen, brass hardware, garnets, mother of pearl rosary beads, lace, swarowski crystals, beads, sequins, embroidery
Lottie ConsalvoThe Waves Paused For You’ and replace with Lottie Consalvo 'And when it all ends the line snaps and falls into itself and giant black flowers emerge from the great lines absence ... or maybe I just couldn't see it today, 2018 Acrylic on board
Janet LaurenceArcadian Loss - Our Tarkine, 2017 C type on metallic paper on mounted to Dibond
Janet LaurencePlants Bleed Lakes, 2017-18 C type silver halide print on clear polyester with Dibond and mirror
Janet LaurenceConversations with trees I, 2018 Chroma luxe dye sublimation on aluminium brushed metal
Lottie ConsalvoI Put It Here So You Could Find It, 2018 Video still, giclee print on cotton rag paper
Kevin OsmondSpatial Rotation, 2013 Wooden spheres, glass fibre rods, spray paints, piano wire, nylon filament
Kevin OsmondSpace Knot - Wormhole no.3, 2011 22mm stainless steel knitted tubing, yellow nylon flock, nylon filament
Kevin OsmondINNER SPACE SERIES #4, 2015 MDF, acrylic metallic paints, UV clear lacquer, aluminium fixings
Kevin OsmondDEEP SPACE ANOMALY (Dripscape #10), 2015 794 wooden spheres, glass fibre rods, aluminium silver and copper metallic paints, lacquer, MDF, aluminium tubing and fixings
Marion BorgeltBronze Pulse; Variation 1, 2018 Silicon bronze, phosphor bronze, black patina
Marion BorgeltLunar Warp: No 18 (Night), 2018 Timber, polyurethane, mirror stainless steel
Marion BorgeltLunar Descent: No 7, 2017 Polyurethane, timber, MDF, mirror, stainless steel, Aluminium
