We went recently on a trip into London to the Tate Modern. Here is just a small selection of the art we saw - some probably very familiar, and other less so.
The thing with seeing art in a gallery for me, is that sometimes you realize that you have until then completely misunderstood a piece. Perhaps the scale of a painting makes you reassess it. I hadn't realized quite how enormous Lichtenstein's Whaam! is.
One of our favourite pieces was the Tower of Babel by Clido Meireles. Only understandable when you are in front of this enormous tower of vintage radios, which are all tuned to different stations and playing at minimum volume, so the sound merges into a cacophony that you can't interpret.
Thanks for sharing! I love the tower of babel. It does make a huge difference sometimes to actually see art in person.
ReplyDeleteIt's always interesting to see art in person, as you say, you don't get a sense of scale from a photo online or in a book. I love art galleries but modern art quite often, although thought provoking, can be completely mystifying.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your visit to the art gallery. Fun!
ReplyDeleteI love museums and this looks great.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I especially like the Tower of Babel. What an experience that must have been.
ReplyDeleteThe tower of babel is so on target. Great photos. Here's Mine
ReplyDeleteThanks for your glimpse of your visit to the Tate. I like the idea of Tower of Babel.
ReplyDeleteThat Tower of Babel looks awesome! I've been to London a couple of times and we've never been to this museum... now that is sad, yes?
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