Brand New Gallery Opening! Sackler gallery + Serpentine gallery

Serpentine Sackler Gallery

This is a new part of the Serpentine Gallery. Sackler Gallery is a new addition making it now two. 

The artist presenting his work in the brand new gallery is Adrian Villar Rojas. 

His work is truly amazing, not only the work shown here. If you haven't heard of him, have a look on the internet. You will be amazed!

 The elephant here is carrying on her back an external architecture facade of the Sackler gallery. She has been weighed down with extreme force but she is committing all of her energy to pushing against it. Its rather symbolises the animal.

What i enjoy about this exhibition is that you could really smell the ceramic, it was like it hadn't settled in completely, it was still a working process. Does the smell suggest that it was not complete?

The groundwork was an interesting change to gallery floors. It was made out of brings stacked alongside each other. Not all the bricks were stuck on still, some wobbled around in their cramped spaces.
I guess if the floor was the galleries bright white surface, it would create a misunderstood contrast between the works. Brick balances out the colour and pulls more focus into Adrian's work.

Stunning!

The work encourages interaction from its viewers. 

I enjoyed seeing the cracks in the work, it created more surface texture which can made it more visually appealing. 

People waiting to get in. Not a long wait but has to be done to reduce any accidents inside that causes breakage of work. 

More of Rojas's work, like walking into his studio and seeing all the mini pieces of work he's made. A collective of all his creations, imaginations, thoughts and more

Different material combinations, unusual objects, wide variety of sizes. 

Still not completely sure what this room is for. It was empty but the blue glass window gave the space a nice glow. 

Serpentine gallery

Outside was this beautifully constructed piece of Art, very abstract and can be walked on. 

Also underneath is a small resting place, enjoy a nice warm drink while seeing others walk on top of you. 

This reminds me of Thomas Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral. 

Except you could walk on that,

What a shame.

 

Inside was an exhibition by Marisa Merz. She is an Italian Sculpture and her woe was rather interesting. 

This was made out of Aluminium. When i saw this, i immediately thought of Rojas's Elephant. This looks like an elephant's trunk doesn't it?

Or something out of the movie predators. 

I am sorry to say i didn't take a lot of photos here, only because we weren't allowed to. When people in the gallery tell me i can't take pictures, it only makes me want to do the opposite.
I try to be sneaky and take pictures spyishly. (Not a real word i know but you know what i mean)

She had knitted copper wire. It was amazing to see up close. metal like copper wire is flexible but not as flexible as .... cotton. She made it seem so easy. This must of taken some time to do but it was worth it. It looks really good!