Ed Atkins, Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London
Marina Abramovic’s 512 Hours at the Serpentine might be hogging all the publicity but this exhibition at the gallery’s sister venue deserves the real focus. Renowned video artist Ed Atkins has transformed the Sackler Gallery into a submersive environment of syncopated sounds, bodies and spaces. His largest solo exhibition in a UK public institution to date, it is well worth checking out.
Until 25 August, www.serpentinegalleries.org
Nasreen Mohamedi, Tate Liverpool
Another exhibition threatening to steal the limelight from a close neighbor is taking place at Tate Liverpool. Although the blockbuster Mondrian show has been receiving rave reviews, Nasreen Mohamedi’s sensitive, painstakingly constructed drawings and photographs are infinitely more seductive.
Until 5 October, www.tate.org.uk
Ai Weiwei, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield
Ai Weiwei began his ‘tree series’ back in 2009 and here he presents the latest installment. Iron Tree is a six-metre high sculpture located in the courtyard of the newly refurbished chapel. Inside the venue are three further works including an installation of nine rows of five chairs. An extension of Weiwei’s major project for Documenta 12 in Kassel in 2007, the work explores concepts of the collective and the individual.
Until 2 November, www.ysp.co.uk
Chance Finds Us, mima, Middlesbrough
Chance encounters are the focus of this group show featuring eight artists based in the North East. Working across drawing, installation, painting and sculpture, the artists are brought together by their exploration of systematic processes. Includes works by Anne Vibeke Mou, James Hugonin, Alex Charrington, Richard Rigg, Rachael Clewlow, Sarah Bray, Peter J. Evans and Nick Kennedy.
Until 4 September, www.visitmima.com
Patricia L Boyd, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
This specially commissioned series of sculptures explores the relationship between the artist’s studio as a place of creation and the powerful influence of the commercial property market on redeveloping these spaces. Each work is a direct copy of the furniture in cafes and offices in the area surrounding Boyd’s temporary studio in central London.
Until 2 August, www.modernartoxford.org.uk
Selection chosen by Jack Hutchinson
