Ocula Report ART X Lagos: Nigeria’s Art Renaissance 17 Nov 2018 : Jareh Das for Ocula Nigeria's art scene has flourished over the last decade, leading to a renewed interest in cultivating and supporting modern and contemporary art in the country. Ranked Africa's largest economy in 2017, making up 0.8 percent of the world's GDP, a surge in wealth amongst some individuals has led to a developing collector base (not to mention rising...
Ocula Conversation Cao Fei Artist Cao Fei's first large-scale institutional exhibition in Asia, A hollow in a world too full (8 September 2018–4 January 2019), is taking place at Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong, the city's new non-profit art centre housed in a former colonial police and prison complex in Central. Organised in collaboration with Ullens Center for Contemporary Art...
Ocula Report Shanghai's West Bund and Art021 fairs overlap in 2018 17 Nov 2018 : Diana d’Arenberg for Ocula The last time I visited West Bund Art & Design was four years ago, when the fair was in its first year of operation: a small, boutique offering held in a cavernous hangar that seemed too big for it. Much has changed since then. Mirroring the rapid development of the city itself, West Bund has grown from 25 galleries in 2014 to a fair that...
Exhibition view: Ivens Machado, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (3 November–8 December 2018). Courtesy the Artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. Photo: Dawn Blackman.
Andrew Kreps Gallery was founded in New York in 1996. Widening its original focus on emerging American artists, the program shortly thereafter expanded to include international artists, many of whom had their first exhibitions in the United States or New York at the gallery. In 2013, Andrew Kreps Gallery relocated to 537 W. 22nd Street, and opened an additional project space at 535 W. 22nd Street. The gallery represents the work of 29 internationally active artists. Recent additions to the gallery’s roster include Michael E. Smith, Camille Blatrix, Liz Magor, and João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva. Andrew Kreps Gallery additionally represents the estate of Robert Overby. The gallery regularly participates in the following art fairs and projects: Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, the Armory Show, Frieze New York, Frieze London, and MiArt.
Ivens MachadoUntitled, 2006 Concrete and roof tile shards
Ivens MachadoSem Titulo / Untitled, 2001 Cement, porcelain and pigment
Ivens MachadoSem Titulo / Untitled, 2005 Iron, nylon mesh, and red bricks
Ivens MachadoUntitled (Performance with surgical bandage) #64, 1973–2018 Gelatin silver print
Ivens MachadoUntitled (Performance with surgical bandage) #62, 1973–2018 Gelatin silver print
Ivens MachadoUntitled (Performance with surgical bandage) #40, 1973–2018 Gelatin silver print
Ivens MachadoUntitled (Performance with surgical bandage) #26, 1973–2018 Gelatin silver print
Ivens MachadoUntitled (Performance with surgical bandage) #6, 1973–2018 Gelatin silver print
Ocula Photolog Frieze London 2018 8 October 2018 'Frieze London 2018 showcases the best of international contemporary art, with a discerning selection of around 160 galleries presenting their most forward-thinking artists and imaginative presentations. Opening for the first time with a two-day preview, Frieze London coincides with Frieze Sculpture and Frieze Masters in The Regent's Park, together...
Ocula Photolog Art Basel 2018 15 June 2018 'The anchor of Art Basel's show is its Galleries sector. Art Basel 2018 edition welcomes 16 galleries that join the fair for the first time, further rejuvenating the show and giving younger galleries the opportunity to present their program alongside today's leading established galleries.' –Art Basel (14–17 June 2018).
Ocula Photolog The Armory Show 2018 12 March 2018 'The Armory Show is New York City's premier art fair and a leading cultural destination for discovering and collecting the world's most important 20th- and 21st-century art. Staged on Manhattan's Piers 92 &94, The Armory Show features presentations by leading international galleries, innovative artistcommissions and dynamic public programs.'...
Ocula Photolog Art Basel in Miami Beach 2017 14 December 2017 'Drawn from 32 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the exhibitors will present artworks ranging from Modern masterpieces and historical projects to new works by both established and emerging artists. –Art Basel in Miami Beach (7–10 December 2017).
Related Press how has the internet changed the way we interact with art? i-D Vice : 26 June 2018 The state of the "millennial" is a complex and nebulous thing. Some define Generation X by its widespread affinity for decorative succulents. Some note an eye for a very specific, and hotly debated, shade of apricot-salmon pink. Others scorn millennials for the remorseless, cold-blooded murder of wine corks, the napkin industry, and...
Related Press What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week The New York Times : 20 June 2018 I haven’t seen anyone capture our current state of disconnect better than Josh Kline does in Evidence, a show of work by seven artists, himself included, that he curated for Metro Pictures. In the front room, Oto Gillen’s handsome photographs of ominous Wall Street skyscrapers and Allyson Vieira’s apocalyptically cheery wall-mounted arrows made of...
Related Press The Everyday Politics of Conceptual Art Hyperallergic : 4 May 2018 For his current exhibition at Michigan State University’s Broad Museum, Michael E. Smith had the handles removed from the large glass doors to the exhibition space. Smudges from the labor remain — he requested that custodians not clean the glass for the show’s duration.The blemishes are barely noticeable, as the doors stay open during business...
Related Press Liberation day: the artists fighting the power of the market – and the internet The Guardian : 17 October 2017 Why make art when buyers treat works as an alternative currency, hiding them away like bullion bars in storage facilities? Can anything be done about questionable corporations and oppressive regimes using contemporary art to generate a spot of positive PR for themselves? And what links can be made between fuzzy surveillance images and abstract...
