As I mentioned I did a couple of sketches on the weekend trip to London. Above is a quick sketch of Alex reading on the train. naturally it doesnt do her justice.
We walked along the south Bank to the Tate Modern on Saturday. It was packed but I have to say we were both disappointed. The Tate is a lovely space but I find the work is:
a. Not Modern, it is mostly 40-80yrs old.
b. Anything newer is just a rehash of the same thing. Meaningless video loops and
installations.
There are many modern contemporary painters who would do the space justice.
We also went to the Bankside Gallery. We went in and said hello to the young man on the door who found it a great effort to do anything other than glance in our direction. The exhibition of prints and watercolours itself was also not of the ususal high standard.
Later in Cork street we found some nice work, modern but professionally done and presented.
I have made it sound a bit negative but the visits to the National Gallery and the Ted Seago works we found outweighed any disappointments.
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