When taking in an exhibition in London, or anywhere outside of Paris for that matter, I tend to go to what has been programmed and « drink » that in. No more. This time, after a little lunch we decided to look at the permanent collection at the Tate. As we found ourselves alone in most of the different galleries, it was a pleasure to take photos and discover as always many new artists - Brits - that I don’t seem to have come across.
Most of the artists I have shared with you already, but some a new too.
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| Carpet - 1992 |
Lubaina Himid, born in 1954 in central Africa,
is a
contemporary African artist and Professor of Contemporary Art at the
University of Central Lancashire. She was one of the first artists
involved in the Black Art movement in the 1980s and continues to create
activist art which is shown in galleries in Britain, as well as
worldwide. That worldwide always troubles me - so why haven’t I come
across her work in France? What I saw here looked amazingly like some of
the Moroccan artists I spoke about recently.
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| Elephant 1984 |
I have seen
Bill Woodrow’s work in the modern Tate. He’s a British Sculptor but I would not have related this to what I remember.
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| Primrose Hill 1967-8 |
Frank Auerbach, born in Germany in 1931 but a naturalized Brit today. I saw some of his work in Berlin and remember it being pretty violent. But this is not too bad.
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| Furhead 1956 |
John McHale (born Maryhill, Glasgow 1922, died Houston,Texas 1978) was an artist and sociologist. He was a founder member of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and a founder of the Independent Group, which was a British movement that originated Pop Art which grew out of a fascination with American mass culture.
Don’t think I have come across him before and probably not as I don’t follow too much Pop art.
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| Not what I want - 1935 |
Catherine Yarrow is a new name. She worked for some years in Paris and also in New York but seems to have come from farther afield – from the East, from sand, deserts and from islands, from jungles, from the Cyclades – from what I saw of her work on Internet. I like it too. She joins my list of people I would like to know more about.
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| Blue House 1935 |
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| Ajouter une légende |
R.B Kitaj (1932-2007) seems to be a bit of a Baselitz for me. He was an American artist with Jewish roots who spent much of his life in England. I can’t say that I like this or not. It just seems very familiar
Now when I saw this on Wiki - I was surprised
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi KBE RA (7 March 1924 – 22 April 2005) was a Scottish sculptor and artist.
Paolozzi was a major figure in the international art sphere, while, working on his own interpretation and vision of the world. He investigated how we can fit into the modern world to resemble our fragmented civilization through imagination and fantasy. By the dramatic juxtaposition of ideas in his work, he lets us see the confusion as well as the inspiration.
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| Cyclops - 1957 |
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| Bomb Store 1942 |
I saw mostly sculptures but nothing rang a bell although one in the Scottish Modern art museum looked vaguely familiar.
And another one that is not familiar.
David Bomberg (1890-1957) Another Englishman and yet I confused this work with that of John MacHale’s.(see above)
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| Merry-Go-Round 1916 |
Mark Gertier (1891-1939) was another unknown to me British artist. Once again, this seems familiar. Not unalike a Botero.
So it seems there were more artists that I didn’t know than I did know. Or probably it’s kiff kiff. You can guess who they are if you like and perhaps like me, you will be surprised to know that « he » painted such and such a painting.
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| Alfred Wallis (1855-1942) St Ives |
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| Barry Glanagan (1941-2009) Leaping hare, embellished 1980 |
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| Ben Nicholson - Painting 1932 |
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| Now I'm not so sure!!! |
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| David Hockney (1937-) Mr & Mrs Clark and Percy 1971 |
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| Pierrette doing a "Hockney" |
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| Francis Bacon (1909-1922) |
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| Francis Bacon (1909-1992) |
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| Detail of three studies of figures at the Base |
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| Bacon - Painted Screen 1929 | | | | |
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| Francis Bacon Stody for a Portrait 1952 |
It's difficult to explain why I cross borders to see Bacon. But I do, don't I.
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| Duncan Grant (1885-1978) - The Ass 1913 |
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| Elisabeth Frink 1930-1993 Bird 1952 |
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| Henry Moore (1898-1986) of course |
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| Henry Moore |
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| His Gallery |
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| A reclining figure |
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| Shadows of the King and Queen |
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| Anish Kapoor (1954-) Untitled 1987 |
Now just look and see who you know !
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| Lucien Freud 1922-2011 Girl in a Striped Nightdress 1983-5 |
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| Tony Cragg (1949-) Stack 1975 |
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| Lucien Freud 1922-1947 Girl with a Kitten 1947 |
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| Bridget Riley 1931: Hesitate 1964 |
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| Another empty gallery |
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| Kurt Schwitters 1887-1948 Relief in Relief 1945 |
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| Edward Burra 1905-1976 The Snack Bar 1930 |
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| David Jones 1895-1974: The Garden Enclosed 1924 |
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| Jankel adler 1895-1949 - The Mutilated 1942-3 |
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| LS Lowry 1887-1976 The Pond 150 |
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| Sam Haile 1909-1948 : Surgical Ward 1939 |
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| Winfred Nicholson 1893-1981: Sandpipers, Alnmouth 1933 |
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| Winifred Knights 1899-1947 The Deluge 1920 | | | | | |
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| Alfred Wallis 1855-1942 : St Ives 1928 |
Just think - this is a tiny sample of what there is to see.....I guess it would be better to wander around for a whole day.....
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