Ocula Report Art Basel in Hong Kong: Exhibitions to See 23 Mar 2019 : Tessa Moldan for Ocula For those visiting during Art Basel in Hong Kong (29–31 March 2019), the smell of fresh paint may still be in the air at the latest heritage conservation project, The Mills, which opened on 16 March to encompass the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textiles (CHAT), joining the ranks with ex-prison complex Tai Kwun, along with Eaton HK—a retro...
Ocula Conversation Firenze Lai Firenze Lai says that she knows her studio of a few hundred square feet intimately; from the textures of its surfaces to the way the breeze blows into the room. The spaces depicted in her paintings are equally intimate. When curators seem to be at a loss for words to discuss troubled times, fear of containment, and the feeling of being completely...
Ocula Report Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber 15 Mar 2019 : Stephanie Bailey for Ocula In Meiro Koizumi's three-channel video installation, The Angels of Testimony (2019), the central frame features an interview with Hajime Kondo about his time as a solider of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The conversation centres on war crimes perpetrated in China, including the beheading of Chinese prisoners for...
Victoria Miro first opened her gallery in Cork Street, Mayfair in 1985. The gallery quickly earned acclaim for showing the work of established and emerging artists from the USA, Europe and Asia, and for nurturing the careers of young artists from the UK. Victoria Miro currently occupies 19,000 square feet across three buildings making it one of the largest commercial spaces in London. The two galleries in Wharf Road in northeast London are uniquely linked by a beautiful terrace and water garden which is used to present outdoor sculpture projects. In 2013 Victoria Miro returned to Mayfair to open a third gallery which occupies the ground floor of a prominent corner site intersected by St George and Maddox Streets, directly behind Sotheby's in Bond Street. As Victoria Miro approaches its 30th year, the gallery ethos remains consistent: to promote great and innovative artists and to nurture the best talent from the new generation of artists around the world.
Do Ho SuhRubbing / Loving, STPI, Corridor 4-03, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238236, 2017 Pastel on paper
Sarah SzeAfterimage, Blue with Fingerprint (Painting in its Archive), 2018 Oil paint, acrylic paint, archival paper, UV stabilizers, adhesive, tape, ink and acrylic polymers, shellac, water based primer on wood
Do Ho SuhRubbing / Loving, STPI, Artist Studio 61, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore 238239, 2017 Pastel on paper
Do Ho SuhEntrance, Ground Floor, 348 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011, USA, 2016 Thread drawing, gelatine sheet embedded on STPI handmade cotton paper
Ocula Photolog The Armory Show 2019 11 March 2019 'The Armory Show features presentations by leading international galleries, innovative artist commissions and dynamic public programs. Since its founding in 1994, The Armory Show has served as a nexus for the art world, inspiring dialogue, discovery and patronage in the visual arts.' –The Armory Show Press Release (March 2019).
Ocula Photolog Frieze Los Angeles 15 February 2019 'Frieze Los Angeles largely focuses on contemporary art and celebrates the exceptionally dynamic culture of Los Angeles and its global contributions to the visual arts. Frieze Los Angeles joins Frieze New York, Frieze London and Frieze Masters at the forefront of the international art fair calendar, celebrating Los Angeles' position as a global...
Ocula Photolog Art Basel in Miami Beach 2018 6 December 2018 'This year, over 200 of the world's leading international Modern and contemporary art galleries display artworks by over 4,000 artists, including paintings, sculptures, installations, photography, film, video, and digital art.' –Art Basel in Miami Beach (6–9 December 2018).
Ocula Photolog FIAC Paris 2018 19 October 2018 'For the 2018 selection, held in Paris from 18 to 21 October, FIAC brought together 195 galleries from 27 countries in the nave and exhibition rooms of the Grand Palais. The fair presented the finest examples of artistic creation since the turn of the twentieth century; modern masters through to the latest trends, notably represented in the...
Related Press In the Swiss Alps, a Biennial Celebrates the Luxurious Part of the Art World Hyperallergic : 18 February 2019 GSTAAD, Switzerland — Why travel to the Swiss Alps, if not for the benefits of breathing some rareified air? Elevation 1049 is a biennial now in its third iteration, produced by the Luma Foundation, and seeks to gather art world glitterati in the mountain town of Gstaad for a singular art festival experience — this year around the theme...
Related Press John Kørner tackles the British sports of cycling, running and drinking Wallpaper* : 6 February 2019 'The pace of contemporary life has never moved so fast,' says Copenhagen-based artist John Kørner, while peddling comically slowly on his bike installation at Victoria Miro's Wharf Road gallery in London. The bike is attached to a moving platform topped with a stall of chairs built for visitors, parallel to a vast, 12-panel painting charting a...
Related Press Elmgreen & Dragset’s cavernous Berlin live-work space offers a clever twist on familiar structures Wallpaper* : 1 January 2019 Scandinavian art duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have become masters of the architectural installation over the past 13 years, picking up critical acclaim and international gallery shows as they go. Their work is characterised by presenting a familiar space in a different context.
Related Press The Randomness of All These Things Is Actually Really Precise: Sarah Sze Sarah Sze : 1 January 2019 Immersing the spectator in site-specific installations that she herself compares to "studio visits," both intimate and in flux, US artist Sarah Sze combines intricate systems of objects and images across multiple mediums, from sculpture to painting, drawing, printmaking, and video. On the occasion of her first solo show in an Italian...
Related Video & Audio Sarah Sze – ‘You Mark Time Through Objects’ | TateShots Tate : 11 January 2019 Sarah Sze discusses her installation Seamless as it is installed at Tate Modern, London, 2018.
Related Video & Audio Alice Neel in New Jersey and Vermont — Jeremy Lewison in conversation with Angela Lampe Xavier Hufkens : 13 December 2018 Jeremy Lewison, adviser to the Estate of Alice Neel, talks with Angela Lampe, curator of Modern Art at Centre Pompidou, on the occasion of the exhibition 'Alice Neel in New Jersey and Vermont' (26 October—15 December 2018).
Related Video & Audio Sarah Sze: ‘Afterimage’ Victoria Miro : 11 June 2018 'You're having this filmic way of reading images as they move, and you move, through space.' In this film, the artist discusses the process of creating the new site-specific works in her exhibition at Victoria Miro: Images in Debris, an installation of images, light, sound, film, and objects, that seeks to transform the visitor's perception and...
Related Video & Audio How This Globetrotting Artist Redefines Home and Hearth Smithsonian.com : 11 April 2018 You are invited into Do Ho Suh's apartment. You put down your bag, remove your coat and step inside. The hallway changes color as you proceed, first pink, then green and then blue. It's narrow, but it feels spacious. There is a red staircase outside, and beyond it people are moving around. You can see them, right through the walls. Cabinet handles...
