Ocula Conversation Thao Nguyen Phan: Dangerous Optimism Tessa Moldan, Brussels With Monsoon Melody on view at WIELS, Brussels, her largest solo exhibition to date, Thao Nguyen Phan discusses her transition to film to explore colonial legacies and ecological destruction in Vietnam.
Ocula Report Frieze Los Angeles: Shows to See Tessa Moldan, Los Angeles Los Angeles' art scene has a lot to offer during Frieze Los Angeles, with galleries, non-profits, and museums gearing up for the fair's second edition between 14 and 17 February 2020. In this Ocula Lowdown, Tessa Moldan lists a selection of the city's must-see shows.
Ocula Insight Jaki Irvine's Manifesto on Life at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin Apoorva Rajagopal, Dublin Ack Ro' , Jaki Irvine's reflection on the fragility of life at Kerlin Gallery, Dublin, is an 'ambitious, holistic installation' staged like a 'wild disarray of interconnected yet fragmented pieces'.
Nairy Baghramian was born in 1971 in Isfahan, Iran. She currently lives and works in Berlin.
Read MoreNairy Baghramian has had numerous international solo exhibitions including at the Ecole nationale des Beaux-arts de Paris, France (2018); Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, Spain (2018), Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (2017); the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2017); Statens Museum for Kunst, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen (2017); S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium (2016); Museum Haus Konstructiv, Zurich, Switzerland (2016); Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (2015); Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois (2014); Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal (2014); MIT Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2013); and the Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York (2013). She has been the recipient of the Zurich Art Prize (2016); the Arnold-Bode Prize, Kassel (2014); the Hector Prize, Kunsthalle Mannheim (2012); and the Ernst Schering Foundation Award (2007). Baghramian has taken part in Documenta 14, Kassel and Greece (2017); Sculpture Project, Muenster, Germany (2017); and the 45th International Venice Biennial, Italy (2011).
Text courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery.
Ocula Conversation RoseLee Goldberg: Performance Then and Now Fawz Kabra RoseLee Goldberg had long been invested in contemporary performance art before her founding of the inter-disciplinary arts organisation Performa in New York in 2004. Born in Durban, South Africa, Goldberg studied political science and fine arts at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and then art history at the Courtauld...
