Tag: Tate Britain
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Whistler at Tate Britain
This was an excellent exhibition which I can unequivocally recommend. Tracing his development from the 1850s to the years before his death. It explored his work in many media; oil, watercolour, pastel and etching and the developing influence of the Japanese aesthetic in his work. Beautiful use of colour, transparency and spaciousness as well as…
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Lee Miller at Tate Britain
A moving and arresting exhibition covering her work from the 30s to the 50s. Her eye was phenomenal and her technique admirable. from her early work with Vogue through her Surrealist work with Man Ray, wartime photography in London and documentation of the devastating aftermath of the war at Dachau and Buchenwald and her harrowing…
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Tate Britain … 400 years of women artists in Britain
I visited this exhibition today with my friend. It was really interesting and inspiring to see such an excellent representation of women artists. While i knew many of them it was intriguing to see them together and explore the gradual development of their art in the context of the various artistic zeitgeist through the centuries.…
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At the Tate … dissolving in light … Turner
The wet dawn inks are doing their blue dissolve.On their blotter of fog the treesSeem a botanical drawing. Sylvia Plath, Winter Trees These late Turner’s speak for themselves … almost unknown in his lifetime they are incredibly influential in modern art history; think Monet, Rothko and so many others.
