A volume of yellow tubes appears to form a surface, yet the body can pass through it. Pénétrable BBL Jaune turns sculpture into an experience of contact: every passage temporarily unsettles its visual order. Participation is the work’s operating principle.
Location: Kensington Gardens, near Serpentine South, London, United Kingdom, 16 June–25 October 2026. Work dated 1999, 2023 edition. Serpentine’s official film combines a presentation of the work with commentary by Hans Ulrich Obrist and an archival Soto interview.
Artist: Jesús Rafael Soto (1923–2005), born in Venezuela and based in Paris from 1950, was a leading kinetic artist.
Source: Serpentine. Video: Serpentine / Christian Kingo (unearthed).