Archive

From the architecture pavilion and digital commissions to the ideas marathon and the general ecology programme, explore over 50 years of artists, projects and exhibitions.

Shifting Focus

Serpentine South Gallery 30 Jun — 28 Aug 1989

This exhibition offered an insight into international contemporary photography by women.

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Promises, Promises

Promises, Promises

Serpentine South Gallery 22 Apr — 21 May 1989

Prominent critic Adrian Searle was invited to select an exhibition of young and international artists whose work reflected current concerns.

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Dreaming the Gokstadt, Northern Lands and Islands

Serpentine South Gallery 26 November 1988 — 8 January 1989

This exhibition presented Thomas Joshua Cooper’s stark black and white photographs of empty and elemental northern landscapes.

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Rory McEwen: The Botanical Paintings

Serpentine South Gallery 26 November 1988 — 8 January 1989

Six years after his death, the Serpentine Gallery presented this exhibition of Rory McEwen’s botanical paintings.

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Paula Rego

Paula Rego

Serpentine South Gallery 15 Oct — 20 Nov 1988

This exhibition included a selection of Rego’s earliest drawings and collages, which had never previously been exhibited in London.

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Bernhard Prinz

Serpentine South Gallery 1 Sep — 9 Oct 1988

This was the first exhibition of Prinz’s work in Britain, bringing together his work from the past four years alongside new work.

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A Bottle of Notes and Some Voyages: Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Large Scale Projects with Coosje van Bruggen

Serpentine South Gallery 9 Jul — 29 Aug 1988

This brought together Claes Oldenburg's sculptures and drawings, as well as the large-scale projects he collaborated on with his wife.

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Tess Jaray

Serpentine South Gallery 21 May — 26 Jun 1988

Focussing on Tess Jaray’s paintings of the 1980s, this exhibition also included a number of drawings.

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Kevin Atherton: One Man Show

Serpentine South Gallery 27 Mar — 30 May 1988

Atherton, for his project One Man Show, conceived a complex series of collaborations, resulting in a sculpture in three parts.

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