Give & Take was an unprecedented partnership between Serpentine and the Victoria and Albert Museum. This innovative exhibition, presented concurrently at both institutions, provided a unique opportunity to experience unexpected connections between contemporary art and art of the past.
Serpentine presented ‘Mixed Messages’, an installation work by the renowned conceptual artist Hans Haacke comprising objects he had selected from across the V&A’s permanent collections during a series of research visits over the previous year. In exchange a group exhibition of fifteen contemporary artists was shown in a number of the V&A’s galleries and spaces.
Featured artists: Ken Aptekar, Xu Bing, Neil Cummings and Marysia Lewandowska, Wim Delvoye, Jeff Koons, Liza Lou, Roxy Paine, J. Morgan Puett and Suzanne Bocanegra, Marc Quinn, Andres Serrano, Yinka Shonibare, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Philip Taaffe.
Conceptualised and selected by Lisa Corrin, this spirited and thought-provoking exhibition merged two institutional sensibilities and challenged assumptions about concepts within the visual arts, such as the definition of beauty or the distinction typically made between fine and decorative art.
Hans Haacke: Mixed Messages
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