The Great London Walk-About: The Tate Modern

modern art is sometimes a bit misunderstood especially since the masters did such a good job in their own genre and era. but personally, i still think art, like people, is evolving and modern art is a reflection of the times. so while walking along the River Thames, we went in to Tate Modern to see what modern art is all about. by this time we were exhausted and just can't wait to go back to our hotel.

the mister doesn't like modern art but he tried to soak them in as he doesn't have a choice. i like modern art and have since learned to appreciate it. here he is about to enter the first gallery looking a little too nonplussed.

i remember Paul Klee because i once had a German penfriend who sent me a calendar of his paintings. they were very colorful and amusing.

i was first introduced to surrealism in college when Gabriel Garcia Marquez's books were required reading, so i like a little bit of a challenge in my art so to speak. this one is Lightning with Stag Caught in Its Glare by Joseph Beuys, 2009

Nude Woman in a Red Armchair, Pablo Picasso, 1932

he's trying to read and understand the inscriptions; Mediterranee by Ellsworth Kelly, 1952

The Fig Leaf, La Feuille de Vigne, 1922

Untitled, by Jannis Kounellis, 1979