Tuesday, 8 February 2011

London Visit

To get more ideas about the exhibition, we went to London to look at different galleries. We started at the Tate Modern.



As the Tate Modern has no real 'theme' to its exhibitions, the source of our inspiration was the work itself, and how it was presented and displayed.


The main hall. Floor covered in what looked like sunflower seeds. Apparently each one eas hand crafted. 



An interpretation of a Japanese fairytale, featuring sculpture, paintings and video. This made me consider the possibility of a Japanese theme to our exhibition. 


Hanging aluminium sculpture.


We then travelled to a second exhibtion, called 'The Shape We're In', in Camden.



This neon sign, which reads 'I Kissed You', was done by Tracy Emin. However, the door was locked, so we travelled to the second location the exhibition was being shown at.








There were two more neon pieces in the window here. Again, we couldn't get in, and realised that these window displays WERE the exhibition, which was a precursor to a larger exhibition taking place on the Prince of Wales road in March.


 Finally, we visited the National Portrait Gallery.



Whilst there were many amazing paintings on display, there was little that would influence our exhibition.