Tate Modern

I know that not everyone will like modern art and that person I suppose- is me. I came to this museum because it had a late closing time (10pm).. otherwise I wouldn't have bothered. How can these paintings and figures be worth money? My 10 year old cousin can make better "art" by accident. I couldn't help but laugh at most of the exhibits and cringe at the room where the artist used real animal blood to paint a canvas.

Well well well, The Tate Modern. I suppose the best complement i can give it is that it has scrambled my brain more than any other gallery or museum I've ever been to. The British and Natural History Museums are two of the most fascinating experiences you're likely to see. Although I am far from being an art critic most art galleries are something that even I can appreciate.

Well what a shock i was in for. Walking from room to room, seeing original Picasso's, Monet's and Mondrion's but yet still not quite grasping the beauty of the art. Huge canvases that are purposely vague and meaningless, but yet somehow visually quite attractive. Some art works I have to concede are technically brilliant. but yet the overall image is so basic and unstimulating.

They say that the most ingenious ideas are the ones that seem obvious later- but so much of this work takes basic (or absurd) to a whole new level. The moment it clicked for me that this wasn't my cup of tea was when i walked into a room filled with nothing more then a wooden crate. I couldn't help but laugh.

But the fasinating thing is visiting this museum cannot help but make you wonder if it's you or them thats a few screws short. Much of this art seems to be a very personal affair that the public could not understand? Or art that is 99% about viewer interpretation. But When I go to a gallery I want to be plugged to somebody else's creativity, not my own. Although the purists would say thats excactly arts about- personal interpretation.

So in summary go and visit it if you have a few hours spare, more to baffle you then amaze you. And by time you get home you'll probably looking for a sign next to the toilet door telling you it's significance in popular culture.