Ocula Report Beatriz González at KW Institute for Contemporary Art: In Focus 14 Dec 2018 : Pia Chakraverti-Wuerthwein for Ocula Retrospective 1965–2017, Beatriz González's exhibition at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin (13 October 2018–6 January 2019), presents a selection of 120 works that bear witness to Colombia's political and social upheavals of the last 50 years. Throughout, the link between González's practice and the sociopolitical context it references...
Ocula Conversation Ingrid Schaffner Curator, 57th Carnegie International Founded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie as part of the Carnegie Institute in 1895, Carnegie Museum sought to 'bring the world' to the city with a grand building housing a natural history museum, a library, and an art museum operating as a fluid space for knowledge exchange. In its 123-year history, the institution has built up a world-class...
Ocula Report Extra States: Nations in Liquidation at Kunsthal Extra City 8 Dec 2018 : Stephanie Bailey for Ocula The nation-state—a nation (a people) presided over by a governing body with jurisdiction over a defined territory (the state)—is either going through a renaissance or demise, depending on one's perspective. There has been talk about the nation-state's end for years—from a 2013 United States National Intelligence Council report...
Office Baroque is a contemporary art gallery in Brussels that represents established, mid-career as well as emerging artists with strong institutional support. The gallery was incorporated in 2007 in Antwerp and has relocated to downtown Brussels in 2013 where it occupies the ground floor of a 1909 cast-iron Art Nouveau building. The gallery is owned by Marie Denkens and Wim Peeters who also founded the non for profit Extra City in 2004. Office Baroque represents 22 artists from Europe, America and Asia, focusing on primary market positions. The gallery has participated in Art Basel Miami Beach, Frieze London and New York, Fiac Paris, Independent New York and Brussels, Art Brussels, Liste Basel, Miart Milan, Artissima Turin.
Terence Kohrobot shaman drummer, 2018 Drum, stand, robot striking arm, midi, electronic components, beeswax candle
Terence Kohvoyager drawing 68, 2018 Glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist's fingerprints, various materials
Terence Kohvoyager drawing 51, 2018 Glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist's fingerprints, various materials
Terence Kohvoyager drawing 39, 2018 Glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist's fingerprints, various materials
Terence Kohvoyager drawing 24, 2018 Glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist's fingerprints, various materials
Terence Kohvoyager drawing 17, 2018 Glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist's fingerprints, various materials
Terence Kohvoyager drawing 16, 2018 Glass, silicone glue, paper, charcoal, ash, smoke, pencil, artist's fingerprints, various materials
Ocula Insight Artist Insight: David Diao By Robert Ayers In a career spanning more than half a century David Diao has conducted a many-faceted exploration of the assumptions and comprehension of contemporary painting, which has been underpinned by vast erudition, a sharp critical intelligence, and a sustained sense of humour. Not surprisingly he enjoys a reputation as an insightful and stimulating...
Related Press Dear diary: photographers get personal at Fondazione Prada’s new space Wallpaper* : 24 January 2017 Critic and curator Francesco Zanot has organised an exhibition exploring photography as the new diary. Give Me Yesterday includes 14 artists born between 1976 and 1993, whose practices document the peaks and troughs of the personal, alongside names names familiar in the art world and popular on Instagram – Ryan McGinley, Melanie Bonajo, Leigh...
Related Press 'What we do for money' Manifesta 11 / Zurich Flash Art : 8 July 2016 Manifesta 11, the latest edition of the roving European biennial, seeks to explore what makes its current host city, Zurich, tick: work. It’s a reductive idea that the curator, artist Christian Jankowski, has chosen for an exhibition titled What People Do for Money.One assumes the curator knows that people everywhere work to financially...
Related Press Manifesta 11 prepares to open Christian Jankowski curated biennial ArtLyst : 2 June 2016 Manifesta 11, opening in Zurich on the 11th of June, with theme curated by Christian Jankowski, What People Do for Money: Some Joint Ventures promises to be the highlight of the Spring/Summer European art season. 30 new artworks have been produced, and they will be contextualised by a historical exhibition co-curated by Jankowski and Francesca...
