Latest Ocula Conversation Chris Huen Sin Kan: Painting Again and Again By Stephanie Bailey, Hong Kong Chris Huen Sin Kan's paintings accumulate everyday moments into records of the physical world, a collection of which are now on view in Simon Lee Gallery's online exhibition, Puzzled Daydreams .
Latest Ocula Report Sydney Biennale Connects Here with Everywhere By Soo-Min Shim, Sydney 'This year's Biennale of Sydney seems like a corrective,' writes Soo-Min Shim, 'prioritising autonomy in an international exhibition format that has all too often omitted or sidelined First Nations artists.'
Ocula Insight Andrew Luk at de Sarthe: Abstracting Entropy By Elliat Albrecht, Hong Kong Originally intended for Art Basel in Hong Kong, Andrew Luk's new sculpture, on view at de Sarthe, reflects on the ways that human brutality is acted out on nature.
Ocula Report Frieze Los Angeles: Shows to See By Tessa Moldan, Los Angeles Los Angeles' art scene has a lot to offer during Frieze Los Angeles, with galleries, non-profits, and museums gearing up for the fair's second edition between 14 and 17 February 2020. In this Ocula Lowdown, Tessa Moldan lists a selection of the city's must-see shows.
Ocula Insight Mary Corse at LACMA: Painting Light and Space By Sherry Paik, Los Angeles Mary Corse: A Survey in Light is an ideal title for Corse's major retrospective exhibition, now at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (28 July–11 November 2019), that succinctly summarises her decades-long and ongoing experimentation with light. A Survey in Light debuted last year at the Whitney Museum of American Art , New York...
Ocula Report LACMA Explores the Allure of Matter By Jareh Das, Los Angeles 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 ....
Ocula Report The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka at LACMA By Perwana Nazif, Los Angeles The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (9 December 2018–23 June 2019) is billed as the first comprehensive survey of Sri Lankan art organised by a U.S. museum, with around 240 works—including decorative objects, textiles, photographs, and historical works from the museum's own collection of Sri...
Ocula Report Iranian Art at LACMA: In the Fields of Empty Days By Perwana Nazif, Los Angeles 'In the Fields of Empty Days: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art' showcases Iranian art in the past and present tenses so that both might encounter one another.
