Ocula Conversation Cinga Samson: ‘a different conversation on representation’ Jareh Das Cinga Samson 's paintings lay bare the complex relationship between contemporary life, African traditions, globalisation, and representation. His strikingly sombre portraits contain similarities to those of contemporary painters such as Toyin Ojih Odutola, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye , Kehinde Wiley , Florine Démosthène, and Tunji...
Ocula Report Dhaka Art Summit 2020: Seismic Movements Radha Mahendru, Dhaka Seismic Movements , the fifth Dhaka Art Summit, plotted movements, solidarities, and exchanges across the Global South with over 500 artists, scholars, curators, and thinkers.
Ocula Insight Guo Hongwei on Seeing Patterns That Don’t Exist Sherry Paik, New York Guo Hongwei's recent watercolour paintings, showing at Chambers Fine Art in New York from 3 March, trigger pareidolia—the phenomenon of seeing random objects or patterns where they do not exist.
Related Press Adel Abdessemed Raises Controversy In Qatar 12 November 2013, Art Radar Asia / 08 November 2013 From 6 October 2013 to 5 January 2014, Qatar’s Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art is presenting ”L’âge d’or”, a solo exhibition by the Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed. Mathaf Director Abdellah Karroum acknowledged the ‘challenging’ nature of the show, with some of the works attracting derision from the...
