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,...
Christian HolstadPages from The Book of Hours (inevitable), 2011–2013 Graphite on newsprint, coloured pencil, and glass beads
Christian HolstadPages from The Book of Hours (The Face of Modern Slavery), 2011–2013 Graphite on newsprint, coloured pencil, and glass beads
Christian HolstadPages from The Book of Hours (The Spirit), 2011–2013 Graphite on newsprint, coloured pencil, and glass beads
Christian HolstadRitual Bathers, 2017 Coloured pencil, gampi, archival glue,
handmade paper, glass beads and
wall paint on board
Related Press 'Protest:' visual autonomy Aesthetica Magazine : 27 October 2016 Victoria Miro stages a group exhibition by artists concerned with socio-political issues of their day, who question the status quo and the power structures found within societies, and who take the language of protest as a means to explore its potency. Inspired by Alice Neel’s 1936 painting Nazis Murder Jews, the exhibition draws together new...
