It's the last day here on the Olympic Academic Experience in London. I hadnt gone to a museum yet and decided to go to the Tate Modern art museum. I've only been to the MOMA in Sam Francisco and needed to go to this one, the most visited Modern art museum in the world.
I bought a ticket for the Damien Hirst exhibit visiting the museum and the permanent collection is free. Hirsts art focused on the plurality of life and death and color in the natural environment. His use of animals tried to create feelings of serenity and primal fear, depending on the piece. Among the fearful pieces were a severed cows head in an case with many flies. One piece featured a taxidermied cow that was cut in half. People walked through the middle of this to get a sense of the difference between internal biology and the outside appearance. This was te most crotesque piece in the exhibit and provided a plurality of feelings to be felt. There was also a taxidermied shark suspended in a cage that allowed for viewers to get up close and feel the frightening animal in a strange way, see picture below. The coolest piece showed was a live exhibit. A sectioned off room set at a humid temperature was a butterfly hatchery. Cacoons were placed on canvas where butterfly's hatched. Food was layed out and plants were there to provide habitats and such. Even though plenty of butterfly's were flying around, there were also some dead butterfly's, again with the plurality of life and death. Many emotions were evoked through Hirsts many pieces that were on display.
The permanent collection was on display over four floors and fell into many different artistic themes. I particularly liked the exhibit focusing on nature and structure. I hope this exhibit impacts viewers to use our resources in the way they were meant to be used and to minimize waste. I have some pictures below from my favorites in this hall.
I spent about three hours total in the museum. I strolled along the South Bank of River Thames and grabbed a beer on a nice patio along the river. It was a beautiful day today. London is a great city and has been a great host to the world.
It is bittersweet to be ending this trip. It was been absolutely amazing and I've enjoyed every minute. Unfortunately I have to leave but I know one day I'll be back again...
We're getting on the underground at 6.30 tomroww to head to Heathrow airport. I'll be back home on Tuesday.
I bought a ticket for the Damien Hirst exhibit visiting the museum and the permanent collection is free. Hirsts art focused on the plurality of life and death and color in the natural environment. His use of animals tried to create feelings of serenity and primal fear, depending on the piece. Among the fearful pieces were a severed cows head in an case with many flies. One piece featured a taxidermied cow that was cut in half. People walked through the middle of this to get a sense of the difference between internal biology and the outside appearance. This was te most crotesque piece in the exhibit and provided a plurality of feelings to be felt. There was also a taxidermied shark suspended in a cage that allowed for viewers to get up close and feel the frightening animal in a strange way, see picture below. The coolest piece showed was a live exhibit. A sectioned off room set at a humid temperature was a butterfly hatchery. Cacoons were placed on canvas where butterfly's hatched. Food was layed out and plants were there to provide habitats and such. Even though plenty of butterfly's were flying around, there were also some dead butterfly's, again with the plurality of life and death. Many emotions were evoked through Hirsts many pieces that were on display.
The permanent collection was on display over four floors and fell into many different artistic themes. I particularly liked the exhibit focusing on nature and structure. I hope this exhibit impacts viewers to use our resources in the way they were meant to be used and to minimize waste. I have some pictures below from my favorites in this hall.
I spent about three hours total in the museum. I strolled along the South Bank of River Thames and grabbed a beer on a nice patio along the river. It was a beautiful day today. London is a great city and has been a great host to the world.
It is bittersweet to be ending this trip. It was been absolutely amazing and I've enjoyed every minute. Unfortunately I have to leave but I know one day I'll be back again...
We're getting on the underground at 6.30 tomroww to head to Heathrow airport. I'll be back home on Tuesday.
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