Ocula Report LACMA Explores the Allure of Matter 14 Jun 2019 : Jareh Das for Ocula The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2 June 2019–5 January 2020) is an inter-generational show of 21 Chinese artists working from the 1980s to the present, including Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, Lin Tianmiao, Song Dong, He Xiangyu, Yin Xiuzhen, and Ma Qiusha.Staged on Level 2 of LACMA's Renzo...
Ocula Conversation Thomas J Price: Reframing Classical Sculpture When the London-born artist Thomas J Price graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Arts in 2004, the school's college art prize was by no means his most notable accomplishment as an emerging artist. In 2001, Price presented his much-talked-about work Licked, a daring performance, later profiled on the BBC 4 television...
Ocula Report Art Basel Lowdown: Shows to See 6 Jun 2019 : Tessa Moldan for Ocula To coincide with Art Basel 2019, which opens to the public from 13 to 16 June, galleries and institutions across the city are presenting a range of stellar exhibitions. From Rebecca Horn at Museum Tinguely to Geumhyung Jeong at Kunsthalle Basel, here is a selection of what to see.William Kentridge, Dead Remus (2014–2016). Charcoal on found ledger...
For the 2018 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, de Sarthe presents an exciting selection of Western and Asian art including works of Modern Masters like Chu Teh-Chun, Zao Wou- Ki, Auguste Rodin and Astuko Tanaka, as well as new work by emerging contemporary artists including Wang Xin, Andrew Luk, Ma Sibo, Lu Xinjian, Wang Guofeng, Mak Ying Tung, Lin Jingjing, Liang Ban and Double Fly Art Center.
Among our contemporary program, new work by Andrew Luk and Wang Xin are highlights. Luk develops his Horizon Scan series into the shape of a unmanned military drone's crosshairs, and Wang Xin, in her signature rose pink color, designs a garment version of her critically reviewed interactive artwork, Unknown Artists Agency.
