黑教堂 “从艺术家的许多建筑类型中获得灵感。该结构参考了英国特伦特河畔斯托克的瓶窑、美国西部的蜂巢窑、圣皮埃特罗和罗马的临时工,以及非洲的传统建筑结构,如喀麦隆的穆斯古姆泥屋和乌干达坎帕拉的卡萨比墓。

盖茨被德克萨斯州休斯顿的罗斯科教堂的超然环境所吸引,特别为黑教堂创作了一系列新的柏油画。决心创造一个反映艺术家的手和感觉的空间,七个板块悬挂在内部结构上。

Black Chapel draws inspiration from many of the architectural typologies that ground the artist’s practice. The structure references the bottle kilns of Stoke-on-Trent in England, the beehive kilns of the Western United States, San Pietro, and the Roman tempiettos, and traditional African building structures such as the Musgum mud huts of Cameroon and the Kasabi Tombs of Kampala, Uganda.

Drawn to the transcendental environment of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, Gates has produced a series of new tar paintings, especially for Black Chapel. Determined to create a space that reflects the artist’s hand and sensibilities, seven panels hang from the interior structure.

在这些作品中,盖茨对他父亲作为屋顶工的手艺表示敬意,并使用了屋顶策略和火炬,这需要用明火来加热材料并将其粘贴在表面。

In these works, Gates honours his father’s craft as a roofer and uses roofing strategies and torch down, which requires an open flame to heat the material and affix it to the surface.

一个正在运行的铜钟,从圣劳伦斯,一个曾经矗立在芝加哥南区的地标性天主教堂中打捞出来,将矗立在展馆的入口处旁边。这个历史悠久的大钟强调了城市社区中召集和精神交流空间的消失,它将在整个夏天的活动中充当召集、聚会和沉思的召唤。

An operating bronze bell, salvaged from St. Laurence, a landmark Catholic Church that once stood on Chicago’s South Side, will stand next to the entrance of the Pavilion. Underscoring the erasure of spaces for convening and spiritual communion in urban communities, the historic bell will act as a call to assembly, congregation, and contemplation throughout the summer’s events.

Designers: Theaster Gates
Year : 2022
Photographs :Iwan Baan
Technical Advisor : AECOM
Serpentine Pavilion Headline Partner : Goldman Sachs
Supporting Partners : Therme Group, Luma Foundation,
Responsible Materials Advisor : Design for Freedom by Grace Farms
Technical Consultant : David Glover
Supporter Circle : Gagosian, Regen Projects, White Cube,
Gold Sponsor : Weil
Artistic Director : Hans Ulrich Obrist
Chief Executive : Bettina Korek
City : London
Country : United Kingdom