Tessa Moldan

Jun 26, 2024 | ocula.com | Tessa Moldan |Sam Gaskin

The Hessel Museum director shares insights on five artworks by Carrie Mae Weems, whose exhibition Remember to Dream illustrates a decades-long career concerned with identity, oppression, and social justice in the U.S. Left to right: Carrie Mae Weems, Painting the Town #4 (2021); Painting the Town (2021); Seat or Stand and Speak (2021–23); Painting the Town #8 (2021); Painting the Town #37 (2021). © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York. Photo: Olympia Shannon.

Jun 16, 2024 | ocula.com | Sam Gaskin |Tessa Moldan

Born in Warsaw in 1967, Macuga left Poland in 1989 and studied at Central Saint Martins and Goldsmiths in London. As a young artist in the 1990s, Macuga often curated exhibitions of her peers' work in her flat. For her first solo show—Cave at London's Sali Gia in 1999—Macuga covered the gallery's walls in crumpled brown paper to create a grotto-like environment in which she installed works by her friends. This collaborative gesture foreshadowed the curatorial nature of her current practice.

Apr 11, 2024 | ocula.com | Sam Gaskin |Tessa Moldan

Early YearsBeuys was born in Krefeld, Germany. He grew up in Kleve, an industrial town close to the Dutch border, and was a member of the Hitler Youth. During World War II, Beuys was drafted into the air force and served throughout the war. In 1944, his aircraft crashed into the Crimea. After the German surrender, Beuys was sent to a British internment camp for three months until finally returning to Kleve.

Mar 8, 2024 | ocula.com | Paul Laster |Tessa Moldan |Anna Dickie

Early YearsRaised in a supportive Jewish family in Brooklyn, Bleckner studied painting for a BFA at New York University alongside Chuck Close and Sol LeWitt. After graduating in 1971, he then completed an MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in 1973. In 1974 he returned to New York, leading his first show with Cunningham Ward Gallery in 1975, and then with Mary Boone Gallery in 1979.

Nov 16, 2023 | ocula.com | Tessa Moldan

For Jean-Marie Appriou and Andrew Lord, sculpture provides a means to explore the material essence of life and, imbued within it, history, personal experiences, myths, and memories. Exhibition view: Jean-Marie Appriou, Gemini; Andrew Lord, a sculpture of my left hand and five embraces, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna (9 November–22 December 2023). © Jean-Marie Appriou, Andrew Lord. Courtesy the artists and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich/Vienna. Photo: Jorit Aust.