Michelangelo Pistoletto – in pictures

A mass of corrugated manila cardboard of the sort used for packing stands at waist height in the The Mirror of Judgement Photograph: Rune Hellestad/Corbis

Visitors are led into unexpected enclaves, each of which is fitted with mirrors – never quite as simple as they appear. At the Serpentine, some are slightly tinted, giving a look of the past, while others seem brighter than they should be Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

The broad effect is of enticing fields of corn and swirling clouds seen as if in a diagram or map Photograph: Rune Hellestad/Corbis

A Victorian prie-dieu carved with a commemorative inscription Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

A full-scale Buddha stands contemplating himself in the mirror Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

The Serpentine show includes older work by Pistoletto such as The Trumpets Of Judgement (1968) Photograph: Sebastiano Pellion/Serpentine Gallery

Michelangelo Pistoletto at his exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery: 'Simplicity has always been his modus operandi' Photograph: Rune Hellestad/Corbis

Pozzo (Well) 1965 Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

The Cubic Meter of Infinity in a Mirroring Cube (1966 - 2007) Photograph: Courtesy of the artist

The Third Paradise - The Spider Weaver (2009) Photograph: Enrico Amici/The Serpentine Gallery