Untitled (Marisa Merz) artist-Rachel Rose artefacts and happenings that reference

artefacts and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being

alternative belief systems and the potential futures of humanity

The concept for this year's Pavilion is the hortus conclusus

Associate Curator in the Depart­ment of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled (Marisa Merz) artist-Rachel Rose artefacts and happenings that referenceUntitled 2013 Box with paraffin and flowers 35 x 26 x 5 cm (closed) 35 x 26 x 18 cm (open) Edition of 12 unique works In conjunction with her exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery (her first solo exhibition in a UK public institution) Merz has created 12 unique Limited Edition sculptures. Each sculpture comprises an oblong block of paraffin wax, onto which Merz has carefully placed an array of dried petals. Both these materials, and the way in which