Sunday, 13 January 2013

Serpentine Gallery

Through travelling the art scene in London Akua Designs happened to stumble across the Serpentine gallery in Kensington Gardens, well didn't it turn out to be a discovery well worth it.

The Serpentine gallery houses modern & contemporary art. The permanent piece in the Serpentine gallery is a piece by Ian Hamilton Finlay dedicated to Diana Princess of Wales , a former patron to the gallery, the piece comprises of 8 benches, a tree-plaque, and a carved stone circle, at the gallery's entrance.

The Serpentine was established in 1970, and housed classical 1934, tea pavillion fine art, the gallery takes its name from the nearby lake Serpentine.

Artists who have exhibited there include: Anish Kapoor, Henry Moore, Bridget Riley, & Damien Hirst to name a few.

A must see gallery currently exhibiting Jonas Mekas.


LUI Chun Kwong
Lanscape No 04012, 2004
Acrylic on canvas 213 x 92cm




SU, Angela
Deliver me from all my automatic reactions and restore me to my true freedom,2012
Ink on drafting film 75 x 150 cm








 Vitaly Komar & Alexander Melamid 
Red flag
From Nostalgic Socialist Realism Series 1982 - 1983 
oil and tempera on canvas



Francisco Infante
Procession Series, 1978
(printed 2012)


Herzog & de Meuron & Ai Weiwei
Image Iwan Baan


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