Peter Doig's exhibition 'House of Music' at Serpentine South in London centers on the relationship between visual art and sound, featuring paintings like 'Maracas' (2002-08) and 'Music of the Future' (2002-07) alongside a restored Western Electric/Bell Labs sound system from the late 1920s. The show includes a series of live Sunday events called 'Sound Service,' where Doig, Ed Ruscha, Arthur Jafa, and others play records, transforming the gallery into an immersive audio-visual experience.
This exhibition matters because it marks a departure from Doig's previous UK museum shows by making sound systems as central as the paintings themselves, reflecting his long-standing multidisciplinary interests. Curated with Serpentine artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist, the show highlights how museums can explore artists' unrealized projects and create new emotional resonances by bridging music and visual art, offering visitors a unique sensory encounter that challenges traditional exhibition formats.