life as a raisin: Tate Modern -Trip to London

Tate Modern is an art gallery known as Britain’s national gallery of international modern art. It holds an art collection dated from 1900 to present day, and is Britain’s most visited art gallery. It’s purpose is to be an ever-expanding gallery of modern and contemporary art. I think it will be interesting to see contemporary art over a 100 years old! What did modern look like back then?

Report from visit: The building looked like an old warehouse, it was huge. But at the same time, it looked very cool and modern. The first artwork I saw was looked like a drawing made of coal, which was drawn directly on the wall. The picture was of a street in a town with buildings, and the lines were simple. There were two crow stuck to the wall with arrows. I think it means that society today is killing nature. This artwork sort of set the mood for the rest of the exhibitions. They were sort of dark and distorted, in a way. There was a lot of Picasso, but also paintings of dead chickens hanging upside down, as well as paintings of nothing in particular (just a mess of colors).

We spent a lot of time in a room where you could make you´re own artwork on a digital screen. When you were done, it showed up on the wall. Because of this we didn’t make it to all the places wee wanted to go, for instance, there was a room that was supposed to be completely dark. So dark, that you lost your sense of direction. My overall impression is that it was really interesting, but I was confused as to the different periods in time. I thought it would be more structured and in order, but that was okay.