Ocula Report Visions of Brazil: Reimagining Modernity from Tarsila to Sonia 18 May 2019 : Fawz Kabra for Ocula Bridging almost a century of Brazilian art, Visions of Brazil: Reimagining Modernity from Tarsila to Sonia at Blum & Poe in New York (30 April–22 June 2019), hosted in collaboration with Mendes Wood DM, offers a rereading of Brazilian Modernism through the works of artists practising at different times, from the 20th century through to the...
Ocula Conversation Reiko Tomii In 1969, Horikawa Michio, schoolteacher and member of the artist collective GUN (Group Ultra Niigata), filled out the customs paperwork to mail a one-kilogram river stone from Niigata, the proverbial 'backside of Japan', to President Nixon. In return, Horikawa received a thank you note for this 'most unusual Christmas gift'—a muted anti-war...
Ocula Report Yun Hyong-keun in Venice: The Artist Behind the Paintings 4 May 2019 : Sherry Paik for Ocula 'He was not a "political" kind of person. He just wanted to be honest and straight. But it was not easy in Korea to live like that,' writes curator Kim Inhye on artist Yun Hyong-keun. For much of his life, Yun lived in proximity to some of the most tumultuous moments in modern Korean history, from which he emerged as a pioneer of abstract...
From January 8th to February 9th, 2014, ShanghART Gallery is pleased to bring you a new year’s winter group show in main space. More than 30 artists join in the exhibition with over 60 pieces of colorful works in varied forms from a large span of time, including both the pioneers and the backbone of contemporary art, as well as the rising new generation. In spite of their small size, each of the works is echoing with the core of the artist’s creation that can never be drowned out by massive pieces. These delicate works are shining all together like the starriness in the winter sky, or the endless glow of art.
Liang ShaojiNatural Series No. 200 / Chain (metal) - B, 2012 - 2013 Metal chain, silk
