A visual voyage through the enigmatic ocean, where science meets art and where myth meets reality. We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about our planet’s oceans. And yet the ocean remains an alluring prospect to humanity: as an artistic icon, an object of scientific inquiry or even a financial resource.
Encompassing art, film, literature, archeology & natural history, 'Ocean' is a journey of discovery above and below the surface. Exploring both art and cultural history, the catalogue is arranged into three themes: the ocean between art & science; the mythological ocean; and the Anthropocene ocean.
From the woodblock prints of Utagawa Kuniyoshi to Jean Painlevé’s photographs and Susan Hiller’s mapping coasts, 'Ocean' offers a mosaic view of this infinite yet imperilled source of life.Artists include: John Akomfrah, Anna Atkins, Jeanette Ehlers, Caspar David Friedrich, Susan Hiller, Pierre Huyghe, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Jean Painlevé, Howardena Pindell, August Strindberg, Wolfgang Tillmans, Francesca Woodman.
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