Tate-tastic (From Sutton Guardian)

Tate-tastic

9:24pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010

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by community corrospondant Alex McGoran On Thursday January 28th 2010 I visited Tate Britain. I studied many pieces, but my favourite works were the abstract impressionist works. I felt particularly inspired by Patrick Heron’s Yellow Painting: October 1958 – May/June 1959. The piece was very bright and colourful and consisted of a multitude of squares overlapping, in many different colours and sizes.

I loved the vibrant colours and unusual shapes that made up the many abstract pieces in the gallery. I was upset that we were not allowed to take pictures, so I bought plenty of postcards to fill my art book. I also recorded my visit with a number of small detailed sketches.

I had visited the gallery to help me complete some prep work for my art GCSE. I had previously visited the Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool galleries on several occasions. I feel that each had an individual mood. At the time of my visit Tate Liverpool was based around the theme of sculpture. I preferred the overall work in Tate Britain, but found there were some artists that had appeared in both galleries that I did not like, such as Gilbert and George, who expressed their political views on society with modern art, often with nudes. Though I did like the messages they were sending out about society being free and people being encouraged to contribute.

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