Today was a gallery trip to Tate Modern. I like Tate Modern a lot because it has such a variety of different type of art work, in so many different styles and it is so interesting to look at, and observe. The styles are all completely different and so specular, its such a different form of art from what I could create myself, so its always great to go and have a look, as it can also help with inspiration.
My favourite piece of work from the Tate Modern was a piece called: ‘ Purification, 2012’, by an artist named Barthelemy Toguo.
I really liked this piece of work due to the repetition of the different top body parts. The mixture of colours within the work, and how it looks very free. It looks like the body is going round and round in circles, maybe confused or is going through a hard time mentally, emotionally or physically. The note against the piece of work which was in the Tate wrote about how the artist made this work to show how people get abused, tortured, treated with some much disrespect. I think that in a way, the work is trying to raise awareness of what goes on around the world that would be deemed unusual in England. It also has a link to Human Rights in some sense.
The piece of work is so intriguing to look at as there are so many angles to actually look into. I had to take a photograph in stages due to not being able to take a clear shot from a far distance as the Tate was quite busy today.
The point of the trip is to help with our 1000 word essay which I will be starting tomorrow. Tomorrow is also the start of our next subject rotation which will be interesting.
Foundation Art & Design - Sophie Davidson 