london

so much to say, where do i start. i first went to the Tate Britian and it was amazing, so much Turner! there was a whole area of the Turner Collection which was comprised of 10 rooms featuring his Colour and Line exhibit. my particular favorite room was the Waves, Whalers and Wrecks where i saw Sunrise with Sea Monsters. there also was an exhibition of Turner and the Masters. then there was the Sublime in Crisis: Terror, Torment, and Transcendence room which was dark and twisted and fantastical! such huge paintings that hauntingly pull u in; Fuseli's Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggars, Turner's Death on a Pale Horse, and Leighton's And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were in It, just to name a few. After the Britian I took a boat ride on the Thames river to the Tate Modern. I only got thru 2 floors as my 1yr old nephew was at his limit. I went to the Pop Life exhibition which was intense and crazy. first u walk into Warhol videos and blue lights and glowing paintings then make your way thru prints into Hirst's work. next was Emin's room then Koons restricted room which was way freaky. U then are shot out into Harings pop shop room where i was captivated by the patterns and the disco music and ended up buying a tshirt. in the Material and Gestures exhibit i came across Victor Pasmore's prints, Stromboli was my favorite with his use of mineral spirits on the print. I also went to the Saatchi Gallery and the current exhibition was Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture.
Megan St. Clair