A visit to the TATE MODERN, UK

   

During every trip to the UK a stop at the TATE is essential, and as always it never disappoints.
An exhibition showcasing Miro's work from the beginning of his career to the end, gave me a new found love and respect for his various styles of painting. Over 150 Paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures that provide an insight into six decades of his inspiration, style and identity.

This exhibition depicts his journey as an artist, where viewers can better comprehend the imagery, inspiration and talent needed to portray his childhood memories, landscapes and movement as he did. I came out with a new found love and understanding of his work, and respect for abstract surrealist paintings.

Other than this blog, check out the official tate modern website for more information. http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/joanmiro/

Metamorphosis
23rd March- 4th April 1936
India ink, watercolor, pencil, decal and collage of newspaper on paper.

Woman Fleeing from Fire
5 April 1939
Gouche, India Ink, Pencil and paster on paper

Drop of water on the Rose-Coloured Snow

18 March 1968

Oil on Canvas

 

OTHER ART @ THE TATE

Francis Bacon 

Shozo Shimamoto

1928

Holes

Oil On Paper

Detail

 

 

Lilies by MONET!!!

You can sit in front of this painting and explore it for hours at end, and never get tired of it.

 

Clyfford Still 1904-1980

'1953', Oil on Canvas

Dorothea Tanning, 1910

'A Mi-Voix', 1958 Oil on Canvas

Surprised at the lack of Female artists in the Tate.

Tanning is a surrealist artist born and working in the USA.

 

 

Maria Helena Vieira Da Silva

1908-1992

The Corridor, 1950

Oil on canvas

One of the few female artists to be displayed at the TATE. 

 

Henri Michaux

'Untitled', 1961

Chinese ink drawing, Ink on Paper

 

'Embodiment' by Hamid Kachmer

Showing till mid July at Parish gallery, DC.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/exhibits/hamid-kachmar,1231742.html

Hamid has created a body of work that has successfully brought together typography and abstracted human figures.  As a Moroccan and of Berber decent, Hamid Kachmer references patterns and symbols found within the Berber language.  This body of work is not a departure from his abstract pattern forms, but he has successfully combined his love for pattern found in typography into abstracted figures. Each abstracted and contorted figure is wrapped with twine, stamped with patterns and type, providing a sense of drama, control and captivity. The use of deep red and browns resembles the earth and bare material, contrasted with bright splashes of color is a bold step towards his art.

Here are some photos of the art.