Tate Modern = A little piece of heaven

I spent 5 and a half hours at the Tate Modern museum yesterday. It was phenomenal. All of the artists that have moved me, inspired me, or awed me were there. Duchamp, Dali, Picasso, Calder, Picabia, Pollock, Ernst. My mind was blown.

I breathed next the Alexander Calder's mobiles, I could have touched (but I didn't) Jackson Pollocks paint, I stood next to a reproduction by Richard Hamilton of Duchamp's Large Glass. I'm not much into celebrity, but I have to admit I was star struck. I even found more art to confound and amaze me. If you get a chance look up Christian Marclay and his music/movie/collage work. It was amazing. Also the main exhibit was by a guy named Holler. He made tube slides that you could slide down from the 2nd, third, and fourth floors of the Tate. At the bottom of the slide I hung out for bit watching people. There wasn't one person young or old who didn't get off the slide with a smile. Lovely.

One room was dark with a rectangle projection on one wall. The video projected was of a lighthouse beacon rotating. It would switch from the sunset and the lighthouse beacon to a direct shot of the mirrored bulb casing that rotated. It was beautiful, hypnotic, and magical. The mirrors in the light casing would occasionally reflect the sea then reflect the light. It was the combination of nature and man. It really paralleled how the sun is our earth's beacon as a lighthouse is a ship's beacon. Gorgeous. I sat in the room for about 45 minutes and floated though the next part of the museum.

Another thing......check out the artist/mayor of Albanian and how he decided to use color (building painting) to revitalize the country. I can't remember the last name of the artist that did a video on this guy and his city. Anri Sala is his name.

Awesome. And I mean that in the true sense of the word. AWEsome.
Much Love, Jillian