A group of conceptual art objects is at the core of the exhibition — most of them playing on the title of Handel's famous composition, including works by Christian Marclay and Yoko Ono — juxtaposed with more
traditional seascape paintings and prints, ranging from 19th - century American Luminist A.T. Bricher to the post — World War II photorealist Richard Estes.
Not exact matches
Also seen for the first time at the Serpentine is
Seascapes, a collection of 15
traditional oil
paintings in conventional frames shown as a group.
For example, from the Plexiglas circular labyrinth Bamboo Cinema (2001) to the graphite
seascape Nocturnal (Neon Miniature)(2011) to the shimmering blue walls of Stacked Waters (2009) in the atrium of The Blanton Museum, Texas, Fernández references
traditional artistic techniques from Baroque - era ceiling
painting and conventions of landscape
painting to the works of Land artist Robert Smithson and Minimalist Donald Judd.
Each
seascape is an attempt to meld the
traditional romanticism of painters such as J.M.W. Turner with layers of tape,
paint and imprints of drains and debris, to illustrate the environment's degradation.