Ocula Conversation Pierre Huyghe: The Artist as Director Pierre Huyghe is a producer of spectacular and memorable enigmas, with works that function more like mirages than as objects. Abyssal Plain (2015–ongoing), his contribution to the 2015 Istanbul Biennial, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, was installed on the seabed of the Marmara Sea, some 20 metres below the surface of the water and close to...
Ocula Report MoMA Expansion: Once the Modern, Always the Modern 29 Nov 2019 : Mohammad Salemy for Ocula In the early decades of its existence, New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), founded in 1929, transformed from a philanthropic project modestly housed in a few rooms of the Heckscher Building on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, to an alleged operating node in the United States' cultural struggle during the cold war, and one of the...
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...
Platform Projects Ltd. is a charity with an approved Institution of a Public Character status, set up in Singapore, which harnesses the energies of a community of collectors and patrons to animate the Asian art landscape. Founded by Savita Apte, Christine Pillsbury and Shareen Khattar, along with founding board members Michael Tay and Nicholas Chan, Platform was launched in January 2012. Platform’s mission is to enrich the practice, knowledge and audience for contemporary art. With a primary locus in Singapore, Platform offers bespoke and exclusive opportunities for collectors to be involved in supporting a variety of programmes including curatorial and artist residencies, arts research, documentation and archiving, site-specific commissions and focused exhibitions.
Ocula Conversation Jitish Kallat Artist and Curator of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2014 Jitish Kallat is one of India’s leading contemporary artists, the subject of multiple catalogues and solo exhibitions around the world. Kallat’s work has been exhibited widely at museums and institutions including Tate Modern (London), Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane), Serpentine Gallery (London), Mori...
