Still River Studios

Title: “Tate Modern”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil

We went to the Tate Modern three times when in London. It wasn’t to far from the hotel and our third visit was to get some things from the gift shop before we went home.

The Tate Modern has some spectacular art. We saw the Carsten Holler exhibit, called “Test Site”, where people get into covered slides made of steel and they twist and turn their way down to the ground floor. More on that later!

The museum was converted from an old power plant. It was landscaped with manicured grass and masses of birch trees growing in large rectangles. The shapes seemed to guide patrons to the door and provided a sculptural feel before you even stepped foot inside.

I like this simple image of the building structure when approaching it. The sky was extremely clear. You could see the deep blue atmosphere fade to light as it approached the horizon. The smoke stack and side walls leaned in from the edges magnified the height and perspective of this massive building. This painting reminds us of those wonderful birch trees in the foreground. I also enjoyed what looked like an addition of contemporary glass offices on the top level, and I chuckle at the mass commercialism of the web site address clearly marked on the outside - WWW.TATE.ORG.UK.

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