Ocula Report Visions of Brazil: Reimagining Modernity from Tarsila to Sonia 18 May 2019 : Fawz Kabra for Ocula Bridging almost a century of Brazilian art, Visions of Brazil: Reimagining Modernity from Tarsila to Sonia at Blum & Poe in New York (30 April–22 June 2019), hosted in collaboration with Mendes Wood DM, offers a rereading of Brazilian Modernism through the works of artists practising at different times, from the 20th century through to the...
Ocula Conversation Reiko Tomii In 1969, Horikawa Michio, schoolteacher and member of the artist collective GUN (Group Ultra Niigata), filled out the customs paperwork to mail a one-kilogram river stone from Niigata, the proverbial 'backside of Japan', to President Nixon. In return, Horikawa received a thank you note for this 'most unusual Christmas gift'—a muted anti-war...
Ocula Report Yun Hyong-keun in Venice: The Artist Behind the Paintings 4 May 2019 : Sherry Paik for Ocula 'He was not a "political" kind of person. He just wanted to be honest and straight. But it was not easy in Korea to live like that,' writes curator Kim Inhye on artist Yun Hyong-keun. For much of his life, Yun lived in proximity to some of the most tumultuous moments in modern Korean history, from which he emerged as a pioneer of abstract...
All Melik Ohanian's work explores the means, supports and allegorical power of the images, reverting constantly to several subjects: desert areas, the working class world, the end of revolutionary utopias and social, historical, and scientific facts.
His work has appeared in numerous museums and international exhibitions, including: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (2016); CRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète, France (2014); Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, U.S.A (2013); Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai, India (2012); Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile (2008); CCA Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan (2007); South London Gallery, Londres, United Kingdom (2006); De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2006); IAC, Villeurbanne, France (2006); PERFORMA 05, New York, U.S.A (2005); Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, U.S.A (2004); The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, U.S.A (2003); Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (2002).
Selected biennales include the Lyon Biennale (2017/2005); Sydney Biennale (2016/2004); Venice Biennale (2015/2007); Sharjah Biennale (2011); Gwangju Biennale (2006); Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2004); Sao Paulo Biennal (2004).
Melik Ohanian is the recipient of the several prizes: Golden Lion for the Best National Pavilion (Armenia), 56th Venice Biennale, 2015; Marcel Duchamp Award, France, 2015; CCA, Kitakyushu, Japan, 2007; Art Pace, San Antonio, USA, 2005; Villa Medici, Rome, Italy, 2003.
