Modern Museums: TATE in London

As it was raining cats and dogs today in London, I visited the Tate Modern. It is a humongous Modern Art museum right next to the river Thames.
The first thing that strikes the eye when visiting a English museum is that there are no cash points in most museums. I do not know how this is handled in your country but in Germany we do not know something like „FREE entry“. In the Tate you can leave a donation but it is up to you how much you can afford and what it is worth for you.

But let’s come to the main topic:
I really loved spending time in this museum. It is full of international art pieces and it covers a huge range. From the small artists whose names noone knows to the big great artists which even „anti-art-people“ know about. If you do not like contemporary art you are wrong here but I can only recomend you visiting this place. I will not try to summarize the content of the gallery in a professional and sophisticated way but rather show you my highlights and give you an overall impression of the place.

Installations: Haegue Yang
She created a huge installation made of aluminium venetian blinds. It somehow is a litte bit interactive because you can have a look at it from various angles and take fancy pictures ;). What I liked most about this piece is that she worked with a simple and everyday-item and created something such an extraordinary piece.

Litographs: Ed Ruscha
I haven’t heared from this artist before but now I am a huge fan of his work. He is playing with different techniques such as prints, new shapes of the canvas and much more. Many of his pieces connected a picture and text which do not have anything semantically in common but still it is harmonic.

3. Popular Artists
Last but not least I would like to come to the famous artists. I was smiling like a child that has foud a jar of Nutella when I recognised some pieces I studied at school (feeeeeeeeew years ago). Long story short: You can find art works from one of the most known Pop Art artists on the whole planet and no it is not Warhol but Roy Lichtenstein. Another piece I was starring at was a piece by Duchamp. It is THE representative piece for ready-mades.