Tate Modern
Just popped into the Tate for a slightly-too-fleeting visit. If only the underground wasn't full of dead ends of construction work - it takes hours to get anywhere.
Anyway, one of my highlights had to be Miroslaw Balka’s box of darkness. A looming, steel cave of indefinite depth, height, width and contents. It felt like I was enveloped in an eternal limbo, with the steel footsteps clunking to and fro in an industrial haze of sound. It was really reminiscent of one of the most resonant pieces of literature I've read, House of Leaves.
It was also great to see the Turner, Bacon, Matisse, Picasso (one of the missing pieces from my Barcelona study trip), Rouault as well as many more.
One of the favourites for me would have to be the States of Flux Red Star Over Russia collection featuring communist propaganda posters from the 1917 October Revolution.
"The ideas and illusions conveyed in these posters were far from reality. However, the posters themselves became part of the texture of everyday life in the Soviet Union, and reflect the officially approved history as it was experienced by its citizens"
Strong graphic design coupled with a political agenda will always pique the activist games designer that's hidden away inside me. Stuff like this may help ween him out!
A particularly interesting and somewhat relevant collection is the 'No Ghost Just A Shell' exhibition in which a number of artists bring back to life Annlee from the popular Japanes Manga studio Kworks. The whole idea is really about taking the two-dimensional shell of a character away from its intended source and reinterpreting it, sometimes as being self-referential and sometimes taking it no further than its source. Every piece is really interesting with some fascinating takes on the concept.
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art,
exhibition,
gallery,
tate
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