Peter Zumthor today showed off the concept art for his go at the Serpentine Gallery pavillion. Apart from the fact that it seems to turn people viewing it into ghosts, it looks like an exciting prospect. A pretty one too. It's set to be one of the busiest pavillion shows for years according to the Guardian, and this isn't a surprise. Popular art is pretty art.
Zumthor's design though, is particuarly interesting to me today as I've spent my entire weekend gardening. On Friday morning I stood over a horrible, oozing patch off mud, full of thorns, slimy bluebell stalks and cat shit, quaking with fear at the amount of sweat, blood and tears about to be shed. On Sunday afternoon my Mum and I proudly surveyed a neat patch of turf and loamy beds packed with plumpening plants. Several pots of herbs line a neatly brushed path, and everything will soon turn pink, purple and blue. If things do what they're told, sweet peas will crawl six feet up an old fence, and the rose bushes will recover from last year's hacking.
