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 For three months from 1 June to 1 September 2019, Tai Kwun Contemporary in Hong Kong showcases MURAKAMI vs MURAKAMI, a major survey exhibition of the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Curated by Tobias Berger, head of art at Tai Kwun, and Gunnar B Kvaran, director of Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, the exhibition spans the three floors of Tai Kwun's...
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...
In 1979, Robert Mangold embarked on his most ambitious etching project. He created a series of large-scale works, each consisting of rectangles and an extended curve.
For all three works, he used the same copper etching plates to create the monochrome planes. However, for each work, Mangold arranged those three plates differently (and printed them with a different colour). Furthermore, each work has a subtle, yet distinct curve.
Looking back forty years ago to the time of their creation, Mangold, characteristically succinct in remarks, has stated, 'I like this trio very much.'
The works, for perhaps the first time, are presented in isolation, so as to provide an ideal opportunity to compare the variations, see the mastery of form and media and take in the entire project without distraction.
