Ocula Conversation Hito Steyerl: How To Build a Sustainable Art World 'A Picture of War is Not War', we read in Hito Steyerl's iconic film November (2004), an essayistic Super 8 film tackling the definition of terrorism constructed around the figure of the artist's best friend Andrea Wolf, who was killed as a terrorist in 1998 in Eastern Anatolia after she joined the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party). Mixing documentary...
Ocula Report Aichi to Okayama: Art in Japan Looks to the Future 11 Oct 2019 : Stephanie Bailey for Ocula There has been a flurry of triennial and biennial art activity in Japan this year. The Aichi Triennale opened in Nagoya this August, sparking a national debate about the shutting down of a display of formerly censored works—the result of public backlash against a burnt image of Emperor Hirohito and a statue commemorating the women forced into...
Ocula Insight | Video Hans Hartung and Art Informel at Mazzoleni London (1 October 2019-18 January 2020) presents key works by the French-German painter while highlighting his connection with artists active in Paris during the 50s and 60s. In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy.Born in Leipzig in 1904, Hans...
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.
