Ocula Conversation Bani Abidi: ‘What you see in my films is what I know’ A group of voices accompanies me in the exhibition. They are singing words I cannot comprehend, yet the warm tunes are familiar: folk songs, love songs, songs of longing. There are letters, too. They speak of the quotidian details of a soldier's life: the hardness of the war, sending money to the family, and longing for familiar landscapes, food,...
Ocula Report Aichi to Okayama: Art in Japan Looks to the Future 11 Oct 2019 : Stephanie Bailey for Ocula There has been a flurry of triennial and biennial art activity in Japan this year. The Aichi Triennale opened in Nagoya this August, sparking a national debate about the shutting down of a display of formerly censored works—the result of public backlash against a burnt image of Emperor Hirohito and a statue commemorating the women forced into...
Ocula Insight | Video Hans Hartung and Art Informel at Mazzoleni London (1 October 2019-18 January 2020) presents key works by the French-German painter while highlighting his connection with artists active in Paris during the 50s and 60s. In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy.Born in Leipzig in 1904, Hans...
A&A is a creative collaboration. Adam and Arthur have joined forces specifically to design and produce one-off stand alone pieces of exceptional artistry.
A&A's first bold collaboration, Bloom, debuted at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano in April 2018 where the cabinet was considered a 'stand-out display of colour and craftsmanship' (Australian Design Review). Bloom is now in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria.
Inspired by the lush form of a lotus in full flower, Bloom was hand-crafted in Sydney, Australia. The semi-circular doors are composed of 4,320 sections of premium-grade rye straw imported from speciality growers in Burgundy, France. The marquetry process took over 400 hours to accomplish.
A&A heralds a new era in collectible Antipodean design. Tolarno Galleries will present A&A's next new striking designs in a solo exhibition planned to coincide with Melbourne Design Week in March 2020.
