Ocula Report 4th Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life 15 Feb 2019 : Natalie King for Ocula 'Poems are like sentences that have taken their clothes off.' Marlene Dumas' poetic and sensual refrain accompanies her figurative watercolours on view in Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life, the fourth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) in the southern state of Kerala, India (12 December 2018–29 March 2019).Dumas' new series...
Ocula Conversation Ellen Altfest The paintings of Ellen Altfest are ethereal in their detail. Fields of minutiae come together as pulsating images; small brushstrokes of oil paint accumulate over a series of months to single out seemingly innocuous subjects, such as a hand resting atop patterned fabric (The Hand, 2011) or a deep green cactus reaching upwards from beneath a bed of...
Ocula Report Colomboscope 2019: Cross Currents and Dissonance 8 Feb 2019 : Nada Raza for Ocula On the rooftop of the former Rio Hotel complex in Colombo, it was hard to ignore the high-rise buildings, still under construction, blocking all but a sliver of what used to be an open view over Slave Island, once an island on Beira Lake that housed slaves in the 19th century, and now a downtown suburb. The hotel was set alight during the...
Whistle was founded in 2017, Seoul, Korea.
Contemporary art exhibition and project running space to provide a sensory experience for others.
Gi Young Kimsize of excitement, changing through time,
excitement=orange=music note f(fa), 2018 Artist pen-brush and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimspaces created with time of delight c, delight=light-aquamarine=music note e(mi) and f(fa) played together in the same octave, 2018 Acrylic and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimspaces created with time of delight b, delight=light-aquamarine=music note e(mi) and f(fa) played together in the same octave, 2018 Acrylic and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimspaces created with time of delight a, delight=light-aquamarine=music note e(mi) and f(fa) played together in the same octave, 2018 Acrylic and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimsometimes c,
when not submerged in an anguish=yellow=music note d(re),
thrilled=scarlet=music note f(fa), 2017 Watercolour pencils and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimsometimes b,
when light-hearted=sky-blue=music note e(mi),
when I’m not submerged in an anguish=yellow=music note d(re),
thrilled=scarlet=music note f(fa), 2017 Watercolour pencils and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimsometimes a,
when light-hearted=sky-blue=music note e(mi),
when not submerged in an anguish=yellow=music note d(re), 2017 Watercolour pencils and graphite on paper
Gi Young Kimconflict between worry and hope c,
to worry=yellow-green=music note d(re) and a(ra) played together in the same octave,
to hope=light blue-violet=music notes c(do) and g(sol) played together in the same octave,
to wish=light emerald-green=music note c(do) and f(fa) played together in the same octave,
to delight= light aquamarine=music note e(mi) and f(fa) played together in the same octave,
to be joyful=light pink=music note g(sol),
to be uncertain=light grey=music note a(ra) and b(si) played together in the same octave,
to fear=bluish-dark green=music note a(ra) and a(ra) played together, one octave apart,
unable to think clearly=yellow=music note d(re), 2018 Acrylic and graphite on paper
Ocula Insight Howard Bilton, founder and chairman of the Sovereign Art Foundation, Hong Kong 3 June 2016 Yorkshire-born businessman Howard Bilton is the founder and chairman of the Sovereign Art Foundation, established in Hong Kong in 2003. The Foundation focuses on both recognising the abundance of artistic talent in Asia and bringing the benefits of art therapy and education to underprivileged children.In both endeavours, the Foundation is...
Related Press 5 Highlights from the Asian Art Biennial 2015 Art Radar : 15 October 2015 Founded in 1988 under the auspices of the Taiwan Provincial Government’s Department of Education, NTMoFA was and remains the only public fine arts museum in Taiwan. In a push to downsize the Provincial Government in 1999, the museum was transferred into the hands of the Council of Cultural Affairs (now the Ministry of Culture as of 2012), and...
Related Press Logical Emotion: Contemporary Art From Japan In Switzerland Haus Konstruktiv for Undo / 01 October 2014 : 6 October 2014 In the year 2014, Japan and Switzerland celebrate 150 years of diplomatic relations between them. To mark this occasion, Museum Haus Konstruktiv is collaborating with the Japan Foundation to realize the exhibition project "Logical Emotion – Contemporary Art from Japan". On the basis of the constructivist-concrete and conceptual art...
Related Video & Audio ASIA NOW 2018 || Teppei Kaneuji (artist) & Reiko Tsubaki (Curator at the Mori Art Museum, Tokyo) ASIA NOW : 1 November 2018 The artist Teppei Kaneuji and Reiko Tsubaki, Curator at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, discuss the artist's recent sculptures and performances. Kaneuji investigates the mass consumption of contemporary Japanese culture, sourcing materials from everyday life, found objects and manga characters to create sculptures that are at once playful and...
