bell hooks

Melissa Blanchflower

Natalia Grabowska

Rizvana Bradley

Jennifer Packer

Serpentine Gallery, London

Jennifer Packer : the Eye Is Not Satisfied with Seeing

Rebecca Lewin

Melissa Larner

Mr. Huyghe, one of the most admired and intellectually formidable European artists of his generation. -- The New York TimesThis publication is a survey of Pierre Huyghe's practice of the last 10 years.Seminal works are focused on, along with other works that were developed simultaneously. The first of these, THE HOST AND THE CLOUD (2009 -2010), took place on a former museum in Paris; UNTILLED (2012), which was developed during documenta (13); AFTER LIFE AHEAD (2017), was conceived in a disused ice rink as part of Skulptur Projekte Münster; UUMWELT (2018), which was installed first at the Serpentine Galleries in London, and later at Luma Arles, is the culmination of a ground-breaking approach to exhibitions.A conversation between Hans Ulrich Obrist, and an essay by Dorothea von Hantelmann, offer a comprehensive discussion of this period.Drawings, diagrams, plans, text and reference images, photographs and fill stills add to over 400 pages and make this an important reference book.Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Pierre Huyghe: UUmwelt at Serpentine Galleries, London (3 October 2018 - 10 February 2019).

Pierre Huyghe at the Serpentine

Amira Gad

Ishigami's design takes inspiration from roofs, the most common architectural feature used around the world.The design of the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a single canopy roof that appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding park.Within, the interior of the Pavilion is an enclosed cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation.For Ishigami, the Pavilion articulates his 'free space' philosophy in which he seeks harmony between man-made structures and those that already exist in nature.Serpentine Pavilion - 21 Jun 2019 to 6 Oct 2019

Serpentine Pavilion 2019

Junya Ishigami

For more than five decades the artist, activist and writer, Faith Ringgold (b. 1930, Harlem, New York) has consistently challenged perceptions of African American identity and gender inequality through the lenses of the feminist and the civil rights movements. As cultural assumptions and prejudices persist, her work retains its contemporary resonance.She created her first political paintings, The American People Series from 1963 to 1967. In the early 1970s Ringgold began making tankas (inspired by a Tibetan art form of paintings framed in richly brocaded fabrics), soft sculptures and masks. She later utilised this medium in her masked performances of the 1970s and 80s.Developing a tradition once practiced by her great-great grandmother Susie Shannon, who was born into slavery and produced quilts for plantation owners, Ringgold uses fabric to weave together personal stories and histories of African American experience. -- Osei Bonsu (Frieze) Focussing on different series that she has created over the past 50 years, this major survey of her work includes paintings, story quilts and political posters made during the Black Power movement.This concise retrospective at Serpentine sprints through almost 50 years of strong and precisely considered works. All contribute to Ringgold's grander enterprise, in which narrative is deployed as a powerful force, taking back histories and suggesting alternatives to the status quo. -- Hettie Judah (The Guardian) Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Serpentine Gallery, London (6 June - 8 September 2019).

Faith Ringgold

Natalia Grabowska

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