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...
The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art is one of the oldest museums of contemporary art in Japan and one of Tokyo's most unique spaces for art. The building was completed in 1938 as a private home designed by Jim Watanabe, making it a rare example of early Showa period architecture.
Converted to a museum in 1979, the museum showcases the latest developments in art, design, architecture, music and dance. The permanent collection includes many greats of Japanese and international contemporary art including Alexander Calder, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Yasumasa Morimura, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Andy Warhol. The museum has a cafe flowing out onto a delightful garden which creates dishes specially repaired to match the theme of the exhibition.
Ocula Conversation Lee Kit Artist Lee Kit creates meditative installations—or 'situations', as the artist frequently calls them—by bringing together intangible elements, such as light and sound, with painting, moving image, and readymade objects. These situations often comprise paintings upon which light is cast from a projector, creating a visual experience more...
