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 Singapore Art Museum is housed in a restored 19th century mission school. Opened in 1996, it is focused on contemporary art from Singapore and South East Asia situating them within a global context. The museum has amassed one of the most significant collections of contemporary art from the region, showcasing the diversity and distinct aesthetics of artistic traditions.
Drawing from its own collection and collaborations with leading international institutions, SAM presents exhibitions of local and international art and also promotes art from the region within its traveling exhibition program. With the extension building, SAM at Q8, opening in 2008, SAM can now present the full diversity of contemporary practice ranging from painting and sculpture, to installation, film & video, photography, new media, performance art and sound art. SAM offers an in-depth experience of the work and ideas of living artists of Southeast Asia, and the region's unique aesthetic and social context.
SAM is also organiser of the Singapore Biennale.
