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.

Continuous Creation

Serpentine South Gallery 28 Feb — 29 Mar 1981

Continuous Creation, an exhibition curated by Michael Compton, invited five artists to create four separate ‘environments’.

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H C Westermann/Sam Smith

Serpentine South Gallery 12 December 1980 — 8 February 1981

A show that brought together American sculptor and printmaker H C Westermann, and British sculptor and automaton-maker Sam Smith.

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Jack Bush: Paintings and Drawings 1955–76

Serpentine South Gallery 11 Oct — 16 Nov 1980

The first major exhibition of Canadian abstract artist Jack Bush’s work since his death in 1977.

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Summer Show 3 [1980]

Serpentine South Gallery 13 Sep — 5 Oct 1980

The works in this summer show were selected by Stephen Cox from an open submission.

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Summer Show 2 [1980]

Serpentine South Gallery 16 Aug — 7 Sep 1980

Tony Carter was invited to select the works for this exhibition from an open submission.

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Summer Show 1 [1980]

Summer Show 1 [1980]

Serpentine South Gallery 19 Jul — 10 Aug 1980

Kick-starting the Serpentine's open-submission summer shows, Alan Miller was invited to select the first of this year's three editions.

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Patrick George: Paintings and Drawings 1937–80

Serpentine South Gallery 14 Jun — 14 Jul 1980

The Serpentine Gallery presented Patrick George's second substantial exhibition devoted to his paintings and drawings.

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David Smith: The Drawings

Serpentine South Gallery 3 May — 8 Jun 1980

Organised by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, this was the first major retrospective of David Smith’s drawings.

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Art Into Landscape III

Serpentine South Gallery 29 Mar — 27 Apr 1980

This was an exhibition of prize-winning and selected proposals to improve under-used public spaces in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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