Exhibition at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3BP
July 2026 - Open
 

Excerpt from Soane's Museum

"...Madelon Vriesendorp: Mind Games will feature over 50 works created or collected by the 2025 Soane Medal winner, which reveal the artist’s ability to transform everyday materials into unexpected sources of humour, beauty and inspiration..... A large-scale version of her celebrated Mind Game will also be showcased, allowing visitors to closely examine a series of purposefully chosen objects that comprise a psychoanalytical toolkit.
 

Vriesendorp’s work tends to be both surreal and playful, showcasing a lifelong interest in games and investigating how the perception of the viewer can change the nature or meaning of an object. This can be clearly seen in Critical Pursuit Home Analysis Kit, commonly known as the Mind Game - part boardgame, part psychoanalytic diagnostic - which has been fascinating audiences around the world for two decades. Members of the public and Soane staff will be invited to rearrange these pieces at several points throughout the exhibition’s run.
 

The exhibition will also feature a recent series of sculptures – Plastic Surgery – made from recycled plastic bottles and packaging, for example swans made from milk bottles as well as elephants and priests made from cleaning bottles. Other unusual materials include eggs, which have been transformed into dictators from the last 100 years. Prising out new meanings from everyday items, and often elevating their materials, these sculptures are an example of how Vriesendorp creates new ways of interacting with the world around us...."

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