Ocula Report LACMA Explores the Allure of Matter 14 Jun 2019 : Jareh Das for Ocula The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (2 June 2019–5 January 2020) is an inter-generational show of 21 Chinese artists working from the 1980s to the present, including Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, Lin Tianmiao, Song Dong, He Xiangyu, Yin Xiuzhen, and Ma Qiusha.Staged on Level 2 of LACMA's Renzo...
Ocula Conversation Thomas J Price: Reframing Classical Sculpture When the London-born artist Thomas J Price graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Arts in 2004, the school's college art prize was by no means his most notable accomplishment as an emerging artist. In 2001, Price presented his much-talked-about work Licked, a daring performance, later profiled on the BBC 4 television...
Ocula Report Art Basel Lowdown: Shows to See 6 Jun 2019 : Tessa Moldan for Ocula To coincide with Art Basel 2019, which opens to the public from 13 to 16 June, galleries and institutions across the city are presenting a range of stellar exhibitions. From Rebecca Horn at Museum Tinguely to Geumhyung Jeong at Kunsthalle Basel, here is a selection of what to see.William Kentridge, Dead Remus (2014–2016). Charcoal on found ledger...
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Related Press Thinking collections, telling tales: “Focus Kazakhstan” Part III in Jersey City – artist profile + curator interview Art Radar : 23 October 2018 Following the success of London's 'Post-nomadic Mind' exhibition, the third instalment of 'Focus Kazakhstan' is due to open at Mana Contemporary in Jersey City, USA under the banner 'Thinking Collections: Telling Tales'. The show is nestled within the larger programming of Asia Contemporary Art Week, offering itself as a retrospective exhibition of...
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Related Press YU FAN ArtAsiaPacific : 3 September 2018 As part of this year's Asia Contemporary Art Week, and co-presented with Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation's inaugural Creative China Festival, Beijing-based artist Yu Fan mounted an exhibition of 20 sculptures at Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York.
Related Press Asia Contemporary Art Week Expands to an Entire Season of Events in NYC Region ARTFIX daily : 30 August 2018 As a remarkable testimony to the field's growing prominence in New York and the art scene at large, the 13th edition of Asia Contemporary Art Week (ACAW) expands to a full season this fall to present 30+ cutting-edge exhibitions and public programs at leading ACAW Consortium Partner museums and galleries citywide.
Related Press ASIA CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK FIELD MEETING: THINKING PROJECTS ArtAsiaPacific : 3 November 2017 In its fifth iteration, Asia Contemporary Art Week's Field Meeting convened to address the bounds and possibilities of the "project," a concept that has become increasingly popular in artistic practice.
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Related Press Asia Contemporary Art Week Asia Contemporary Art Week : 29 October 2015 In collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ACAW presents Lee Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom, opening Friday Oct. 30th. On view through November 8th, the exhibition will transform the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Blanche and A. L. Levine Court and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, into an intimate stage with personalized performances of...
