Saturday, 1 October 2016

Serpentine Galleries - Helen Marten & Marc Camille Chaimowicz exhibitions open; James Bridle's Cloud Index; Family Day; Miracle Marathon; Pavilion: last chance

SERPENTINE GALLERIES
AUTUMN 2016
Serpentine




AUTUMN EXHIBITIONS OPEN
MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ:
AN AUTUMN LEXICON
UNTIL SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER
SERPENTINE GALLERY
FREE
Chaimowicz explores the space between public and private, art and design through painting, sculpture and home furnishings in this show which sees a re-staging of his work Enough Tiranny, first presented at the Serpentine Gallery in 1972
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HELEN MARTEN:
DRUNK BROWN HOUSE
UNTIL SUNDAY 20 NOVEMBER
SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY
FREE
Turner Prize nominated artist Helen Marten combines sculpture, text and screen-printed paintings in her practice. The exhibition features images and objects that play with the concept of two and three-dimensionality
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DIGITAL COMMISSION
JAMES BRIDLE: CLOUD INDEX
CLOUDINDX.COM
Created by British artist and writer James Bridle, Cloud Index is an online platform exploring the many aspects of the term ‘cloud’, from modern computer networks to the English mystical tradition, from the history of weather forecasting to climate change and contemporary conspiracy fears
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MIRACLE MARATHON
SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER, SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY, 10AM - 10PM
SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER, SECOND HOME, MIDDAY - MIDNIGHT
LIVE-STREAMING VIA SERPENTINE RADIO
DAY TICKETS £15/£10 CONC.
Sophia Al-Maria, Christo, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Ben Okri, Genesis P-Orridge and over 60 practitioners from the fields of art, architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theology and science come together at the Serpentine’s annual festival of ideas for a weekend of live discussion, events and broadcast exploring the themes of miracles, ritual, imagination and magical thinking. Find out how you can contribute to a new work by marathon participant and  artist Syowia Kyambi here
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FAMILY DAY AND ARTIST TALK
FAMILY DAY:
HAUS PARTY
SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER, 1 - 5PM
SERPENTINE GALLERY
FREE, DROP-IN
Artist Joceline Howe invites you to 'crash the party' by making, wearing and displaying costumes inspired by the Bauhaus. The event is suitable for families with children of all ages
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UNWRITTEN HANDBOOK:
HAROLD OFFEH
SATURDAY 22 OCTOBER, 3PM
SERPENTINE GALLERY
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Artist Harold Offeh presents a talk on his practice following on from his project with the Serpentine’s Youth Forum, an ongoing partnership with Westminster Academy students
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FINAL WEEKS
SERPENTINE ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMME 2016
SERPENTINE PAVILION AND SUMMER HOUSES
UNTIL SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER
FREE
Visit Bjarke Ingels Group's 'unzipped wall' Pavilion and the four Summer Houses designed by Kunlé Adeyemi (NLÉ), Barkow Leibinger, Yona Friedman and Asif Khan
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COMPETITION CLOSING SOON
BUILD YOUR OWN PAVILION: YOUNG ARCHITECTS COMPETITION
ENTER BEFORE SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER
BUILDYOUROWNPAVILION.SERPENTINEGALLERIES.ORG
Our competition for budding young architects aged 8 -14 is closing soon! Enter your Pavilion designs online for a chance to win an iPad, among many other fantastic prizes
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FROM OUR SHOP
IT'S EXCELLENT
LIMITED EDITION
HELEN MARTEN: UNTITLED
Helen Marten’s Edition is a character created from artificially simulated edible parts – bread and sausage – and follows the logic that this figurative motif exists only as long as consumption is resisted

 
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EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ
A unique hybrid between a catalogue and artist’s book, Chaimowicz has compiled a personal exhibition journal that takes the form of a French cahier: a book within a book, comprising a visual index of technical drawings, designs and photographs relating to recent projects and research trips
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SERPENTINE EDITIONS AT FRIEZE
ALLIED EDITIONS
THURSDAY 6 - SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER
FRIEZE LONDON, REGENTS PARK
Serpentine Editions are available for sale at Frieze as part of Allied Editions, a non-profit gallery editions collective. Prices start at just £40 and all the proceeds directly support the participating organisations’ exhibitions and education programmes
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FROM OUR FRIENDS
THE VULGAR:
FASHION REDEFINED
13 OCTOBER 2016 - 5 FEBRUARY 2017
BARBICAN ART GALLERY
With contributions from designers Vivienne Westwood, Philip Treacy, Moschino and many more, The Vulgar is the first exhibition to explore the inherently challenging but utterly compelling territory of taste in fashion
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RODIN AND DANCE:
THE ESSENCE OF MOVEMENT
20 OCTOBER 2016 – 22 JANUARY 2017
COURTAULD GALLERY
Discover the first major exhibition to explore Rodin’s fascination with dance and bodies in extreme acrobatic poses, exploring a series of small scale experimental sculptures known as ‘Dance Movements’
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LOTTERY FUNDED Supported using public funding by ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND