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Serpentine Pavilion 2022 Black Chapel in London

13 Aug 2022

Design: Theaster Gates

Location: Kensington Gardens, West London, UK

Serpentine Pavilion 2022 Black Chapel London

Photos: Ste Murray

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Designed by Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates, the Serpentine Pavilion 2022 Black Chapel draws inspiration from many of the architectural typologies that ground the artist’s practice.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2022 London

The structure, realised with the support of Adjaye Associates, references the bottle kilns of Stoke-on-Trent, the beehive kilns of the Western United States, San Pietro and the Roman tempiettos, and traditional African structures, such as the Musgum mud huts of Cameroon, and the Kasubi Tombs of Kampala, Uganda.

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The Pavilion’s circularity and volume echo the sacred forms of Hungarian round churches and the ring shouts, voodoo circles and roda de capoeira witnessed in the sacred practices of the African diaspora.

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Black Chapel is a site for contemplation and convening, set within the grounds of Serpentine in Kensington Gardens. The structure’s central oculus emanates a single source of light to create a sanctuary for reflection, refuge and conviviality.

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The project mirrors the artist’s ongoing engagement with ‘the vessel’ in his studio practice, and with space-making through his celebrated urban regeneration projects.

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Drawn to the meditative environment of the Rothko Chapel – which holds fourteen paintings by American artist Mark Rothko in Houston, Texas – Gates has produced a series of new tar paintings titled Seven Songs for Black Chapel.

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Creating a space that reflects the artist’s hand and sensibilities, seven paintings hang from the interior. In these works, Gates honours his father’s craft as a roofer by using roofing strategies including torch down, a method which requires an open flame to heat material and affix it to a surface.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2022 in London, England

Design: Theaster Gates – https://www.theastergates.com/

Completion date: 2022
Building levels: 1

Serpentine Pavilion 2022 Black Chapel London

Photography: Ste Murray – https://www.ste.ie/

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Location: Kensington Gardens, London, W2 3XA, England, UK

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