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...
CHOI&LAGER Gallery opened its doors in Germany in December 2012, occupying a spacious two-storey building in Cologne’s southern quarter. The gallery was founded by Sunhee Choi and Jari Lager with Jinhee Choi as its director. In May 2016, CHOI&LAGER opened its second space, located in the Jongro district of Seoul, South Korea.
Sunhee Choi has worked as an independent curator, art adviser and writer for the past 15 years. Since 2002, she has promoted contemporary Korean artists throughout her exhibition projects in Europe. She also worked as an art adviser, offering her expertise on Modern and Contemporary Western art to her Asian clients and her knowledge and networks on Asian arts to western collectors. She has been writing for a number of key Korean art publications such as Sunday edition of Joongang Daily, South Korea’s main daily newspaper. Her first best selling book on London art world Art Lessons in London was published in 2008.
In 1998, Jari Lager established his first gallery in the East End of London and has since worked independently as a gallerist. In 2005, his interest in Asia and Asian art led him to become a dealer of Korean Contemporary Art. Over the years he has participated in numerous art fairs around the world such as Liste Basel, Zoo ArtFair London, Art Brussels, Art Rotterdam, Art Chicago, Art Cologne, Kiaf Seoul and Hong Kong Artfair. He has collaborated extensively with Sunhee Choi on curated projects in Asia as well as Europe.
Ocula Photolog Asia Now 2018 19 October 2018 'Founded by Claude Fain and Alexandra Fain, ASIA NOW aims to present the new perspectives and issues for contemporary Asian art and its market: the value of its artists, its potential for development and its rising stars.'–Asia Now Paris (17–21 October 2018).
Related Press Rose Wylie review – childlike bursts of freedom and joy The Guardian : 29 November 2017 Memories of her own childhood well up in this strange, discombobulating, exciting exhibition. Wylie was born in 1934 and can remember the blitz. In her painting Rosemount (Coloured) the red outline of a V1 with its square wings flies over a roughed-out map of west London centred on a black silhouette of a factory with the name 'Rosemount' scrawled...
Related Press Rose Wylie: 'I want to be known for my paintings – not because I'm old' The Guardian : 22 November 2017 Often, a painting's content is described on the canvas in blocky handwriting that is as much a part of the picture as the figures the words snake around or run into. Yet in both thinking and making, the process is slow and considered. 'You can go on for about five hours doing just one little bit. It really can be hours.' Wylie recently had a stint...
Related Press Fall art shows in full swing The Korea Herald : 8 September 2016 A strong lineup of art shows are being offered this fall, more so than other seasons.With two big biennale events – the Gwangju Biennale and Busan Biennale – kicking off last week, major Korean museums and galleries have opened a plethora of exhibitions to attract the influx of international art professionals and local art lovers.
Related Press National art museum to exhibit artworks by Korea Artist Prize finalists Yonhap News : 30 August 2016 SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) – The Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA) will open an art show on Wednesday to showcase the artwork by four finalists of an annual artist prize, the museum said Tuesday.
