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Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You. Serpentine South Gallery | Hyde Park | London 1 February - 17 March 2024 Free WINDING THROUGH HYDE 1980s, including Untitled (I shop therefore I am) (1987) and Untitled (Your body is a battleground) (1989). Over decades, Kruger has presented her work across various spaces and forms, including on buildings, bill- boards, hoardings, buses, and skate parks. For this exhibition, the artist has adapted works, which were recently presented at museums in the United States, to specific locations within Serpentine, both indoors and outdoors.
While London’s weather in March is typically unpredictable, visitors enjoy a city shifting into blooming flowers and a boost of energy from Spring. Hyde Park is a 350 acre Royal Park that forms a chain between Kensing- ton Gardens and St. James’s Park. Among other things, it contains the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain and Speaker’s Corner. After a gracious lunch at Home House London, consider visiting the Ser- pentine Galleries as tours of Buckingham Palace’s State Rooms are only available this year 11 July to 29 September. Barbara Kruger’s exhibition at Serpentine South is her first solo institu- tional show in London in over 20 years. It features a unique selection of installations alongside moving image works and multiple soundscapes. The exhibition is the UK premiere of Untitled (No Comment) (2020). This immersive three-channel video installation explores contemporary modes of creating and consuming content online. In the work, Kruger combines text, audio clips, and a barrage of found images and memes, ranging from blurred-out selfies to animated photos of cats. The exhibition also features recent video reconfigurations – or, as the artist calls them, replays – of several of her most iconic pieces from the
Serpentine has presented pioneering contemporary art since 1970. From the Pavilion to its exhibitions, it champions new ideas in art and architec- ture. It hosts a free program of exhibitions, architecture, education, and live events that take place across its Galleries and online. Gallery Initiatives address urgent questions, develop new ideas and ini- tiate change. Through these projects, it collaborates and experiments with artists, technology, other species, and communities with an aim to change existing structures, produce knowledge, build communities of care, and imagine new ways of being. After taking in Kruger’s immersive work, consider a saunter down Grosve- nor Place to the The Dining Room at The Goring Hotel in Belgravia. The restaurant will be closed for refurbishment until this March but one can enjoy The Veranda serving a selection of light bites and classic dishes for dinner - just tell them ‘Hughie’ sent you. www.serpentinegalleries.org
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