Ocula Report Mrinalini Mukherjee: Force(s) of Nature By Stephanie Bailey, Mumbai Bagh , which translates to garden, is a fitting title for Jhaveri Contemporary 's current exhibition of works by Mrinalini Mukherjee (29 February–31 July 2020). It was in the garden towns of her youth where Mukherjee developed a deep and enduring relationship with nature that charged her practice. The exhibition marks the first time...
Ocula Photolog Frieze London 2019 'Frieze London brings together more than 160 galleries from 36 countries, representing the fair's most international edition since its launch. Introducing new curators and sections showcasing performance, emerging artists and the contemporary significance of complex art genealogies and colonial legacies, Frieze London creates an exceptional moment...
Ocula Photolog Frieze New York 2019 'Building on Frieze's history as a platform for discovery and challenging the traditional art fair format, the eighth edition introduces new curators and collaborations with leading museum directors; including two exhibitions exploring virtual reality and the significance of self-taught artists, and two new sections celebrating Latin American art...
Ocula Report Gwangju Biennale: Imagined Borders By Tessa Moldan, Gwangju 'I have felt persecuted for weeks by this same asphyxiating dream.' So narrates the forlorn Portuguese speaker in Kiluanji Kia Henda's film, Concrete Affection – Zopo Lady (2014), as city scenes and modernist buildings in Luanda flit past the camera's lens. The narration is pulled from Another Day of Life (1971), Polish writer Ryszard...
Ocula Conversation Rana Begum By Stephanie Bailey, Dubai It has been said before that my work creates illusions in colour and light, but actually it really has nothing to do with illusion. The work reveals itself as you interact with it, communicating the material from which it is made and the way the colour is used—it’s not hiding anything.
Ocula Conversation Richard Armstrong By Anna Dickie, Hong Kong Our definition of “world” has so far been largely Europe and America. That is changing even today as we go to the Middle East.
Ocula Conversation June Yap Launched in April 2012, the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative charts contemporary art in South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa. No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia is the Initiative’s inaugural exhibition. Initially shown in New York, (22 February–22 May 2013), the...
