Serpentine Gallery – The Red Sun Pavilion

“When am I? In summer. The trees are green, heavy with leaves. Some of the shrubs are in flower. The grass is strewn with people strolling, lounging, playing sport and games. More people than ever visit the Serpentine Gallery and the Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition. The summer pavilion is about to open. Its form is still vague, hard to perceive. It completes the picture. Grass and leaves are green here, too. Flowers pop up. Londoners take time out, enjoy a drink, play games in the shade, stretch out on the grass. Colour becomes bolder in summer, more dense. Greens are greener; flowers are brighter. The summer pavilion is like a beacon, a celebration of summer. It takes contrasts to the extreme. It is complementary. Complementary to the park, to the Serpentine Gallery’s brick. It’s red. It’s seasonal.”

Jean Nouvel