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...
Ocula Conversation Anita Dube On 12 December 2018, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), referred to as 'the people's Biennale', will open its fourth edition to the public. Considered one of the most significant large-scale exhibitions in South Asia, and by far one of the most attended art events in the subcontinent, this edition is curated by the New Delhi-based artist and critic...
Ocula Report The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial Keeps Up With The Zeitgeist 8 Dec 2018 : Susan Acret for Ocula Looking through the windows that front Indonesian artist Aditya Novali's wall installation The Wall: Asian (Un)Real Estate Project (2011), a series of miniature apartments come into view: private interiors that are sometimes bland, strange or garish (Hello Kitty decor characterises one space, for example, while multiple Duchamp-like toilets appear...
Keith Coventry is widely admired for his work which takes aspects modernism and grafting them on to socio-political issues. He appropriates global symbols of junk culture – the golden McDonald's arch, in particular – and recontextualises them, inviting the viewer to consider these logos afresh in a gallery context.
Coventry was born in Burnley in Lancashire, in 1958 and studied at London's progressive Chelsea school of Art. He exhibited in the legendary 1997 Sensation show at the Royal Academy, and was part of the elite Young British Artists who dominated the UK's visual art scene. Charles Saatchi was one of his first collectors and his work is now owned by Tate, MoMA among other national collections worldwide.
His work is included in collections worldwide, including Tate Modern, London; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis;, and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 2010 Coventry was awarded the John Moores Painting Prize.
Keith CoventryPure Junk IX, 2016 Carved wood, muslin, beeswax, gesso, glass and wood
Keith CoventryPure Junk Study XI, 2015 Carved wood, muslin, beeswax, gesso, glass and wood
Keith CoventryPure Junk Study X, 2015 Carved wood, muslin, beeswax, gesso, glass and wood
Keith CoventryPure Junk Study IX, 2015 Carved wood, muslin, beeswax, gesso, glass and wood
Keith CoventryPure Junk Study VI, 2015 Carved wood, muslin, beeswax, gesso, glass and wood
