I had the privilege of visiting the Tate Modern Museum in London during my Spring Break trip to London, England. It was a very fun museum with interesting exhibits. The four exhibitions that were open were: Photography: New documentary forms, Poetry and Dream, Energy and Process, and States of Flux.
On each level of the museum, and even along the walls, there was a timeline of historical artists, styles, and eras.
The art piece below embodies what the "States of Flux" exhibit looked like. It was very interesting how the exhibit was set up to show the varied ways different "energies" are shown through art.
This section was a historical piece on how females are not represented in art. Although it was a political and statement piece, it was also slightly humorous.
It thought this display was really cool because what you saw in the needles changed based on your angled and visual position and perspective.
The piece below is a fabric interpretation of an already famous art piece.
Below is an installation for the "Energy and Process" exhibit. It uses the conflicting nature of gravity to create empty energy in the room.
The piece below by Robert Morris was really interesting. The description said the following:
Morris wanted to question the fixed geometric shapes of Minimalist sculpture and the way Minimalism imposed order on materials. As he wrote in his essay ‘Anti-Form’, the alternative was to let materials determine their own shape. This meant relinquishing control of the final appearance: each time this work is displayed, its precise arrangement will change.
This, along with the other pieces in the room, really made you think about how matter and physical options took up "space," and really made you question what "space" even means.
The piece below strives to hit a kind of sexual innuendo by having the chairs stacked on top of each other and two black balls hanging down. I included the description below to add a little more context.
I love museum bookstores, and of course Tate Modern's bookstore would have reinterpreted covers for classic books.
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