Ocula Report ‘An Opera for Animals’ at Rockbund Art Museum 19 Jul 2019 : Penny Liu for Ocula An Opera for Animals was first staged at Para Site in Hong Kong between 23 March and 2 June 2019, with works by over 48 artists and collectives that use opera as a metaphor for modes of contemporary, cross-disciplinary art-making. The exhibition's second iteration takes up a large portion of the Rockbund Art Museum (RAM) in Shanghai (22 June–25...
Ocula Conversation Mandy El-Sayegh: Productive Ambiguity Moving across installation, painting, drawing, and writing, Malaysia-born and London-based artist Mandy El-Sayegh explores the political, social, and economic complexities of humanity, using a mosaic of information—from advertising slogans and pornographic imagery to newspaper articles—that she subjects to processes of layering,...
Ocula Report Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers at Somerset House 5 Jul 2019 : Jareh Das for Ocula Get Up Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers at Somerset House in London (12 June–15 September 2019) surveys more than half a century of black creativity in Britain and beyond across the fields of art, film, photography, music, design, fashion, and literature.Curated by Zak Ové, works by approximately 100 intergenerational black...
Working exclusively with contemporary artists, Galerie EIGEN + ART has always continued to introduce young artists to it's program. Both national as well as international positions, and often recent graduates from the academy, they initially exhibited in group shows at the gallery or at the EIGEN + ART Lab, and have since gained widespread attention in numerous exhibitions. At Art Düsseldorf, we intend to present a selection of artists who have joined the gallery program in the past two years, representing the youngest generation: Tom Anholt, Martin Groß, Stef Heidhues, Melora Kuhn, Lada Nakonechna, Titus Schade, Kristina Schuldt, Carsten Sievers and Mirjam Völker. All works have been exclusively produced for the fair.
