2022年英国蛇形画廊—黑色教堂由美国芝加哥艺术家 Theaster Gates 设计，如同这位艺术家的其他作品一样，这件作品从许多建筑原型中汲取灵感。

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.

▼项目概览，project overview

该画廊在

Adjaye Associate

的帮助下落地，造型参考了特伦特河畔斯托克的瓶器窑、美国西部的蜂巢窑、圣彼得和罗马的圣彼得小教堂，还有传统的非洲结构，如喀麦隆泥屋和乌干达坎帕拉的卡苏比墓。展馆的圆形外观和建筑体量呼应了匈牙利圆形教堂神圣的形式，以及非洲侨民的神圣仪式中的环形舞蹈、巫术圈和罗德卡波耶拉战舞。

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. 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.

▼画廊入口，entrance of the pavilion

▼画廊外观近景，close shot of the pavilion exterior

▼建筑外观细部近景，close shot of the building details

黑色教堂是一个沉思和聚会的场所，位于肯辛顿花园的蛇形花园内。该结构天花中部有一处如同眼睛一般的圆形天窗，将室外光线聚成一束照亮室内，创造了一个容纳自省、避难和愉快交流的庇护空间。教堂的空间塑造参考了设计师知名的城市更新项目，同时体现了他在事务所实践中对“the vessel”的探索

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. 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.

▼由入口处看向室内空间，a view from the entrance to the interior

▼圆形天窗将室外光线聚成一束，the structure’s central oculus emanates a single source of light

受到Rothko Chapel（一间位于得克萨斯州休斯顿的教堂，存放着美国著名艺术家Mark Rothko的十四幅画作）的影响，Theaster Gates创作了一系列新的焦油画作，名为《黑色教堂的七首歌》。这七幅画作挂在黑色教堂室内，创造出一个表现艺术家的技艺和情感的空间。为了纪念其父亲曾作为一位屋顶建造工人的经历，Theaster Gates其作品中采用了一种特殊的屋顶建造工艺：用明火加热材料并将其固定在建筑表皮上。

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. 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.

▼黑色教堂内悬挂的画作，the tar paintings in the Black Chapel

▼游客可以在室内休息并欣赏画作，

visitors can relax and enjoy the tar paintings in the Black Chapel

▼黑色教堂室内夜景，night view of the Black Chapel interior

▼天窗近景，close shot of the central oculus

▼黑色教堂外观夜景，night view of the Black Chapel exterior

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