Tate Modern

I've never really fancied this Gallery due to not being keen on what is deemed "modern art".  People like Hirst and Emin and suchlike produce nothing that I would class as art, therfore, this Gallery has been avoided on my visits to London.  Due to bad weather during my trip in December I was in need of more "indoor" activites so I thought I would give this place an hour or two, to help pass the time.  Whilst my opinion on the vast majority of "modern art" still stands, there were a few pieces that caught my eye and I thought I would share them here.  Apologies for some blurry captions, I used my phone to take these photos.

 Pino Pascali - Trap

 

Richard Long - Small White Pebble Circles

 Kishio Suga - Ren-Shiki-Tai

Henri Matisse - The Snail

Piet Mondrian - Composition C (NoIII) with Red, Yellow and Blue

Georges Braque - Bottle and Fishes

Lee Krasner - Gothic Landscape

 

Barnett Newman - Moment

Claude Monet - Waterlillies

Rene Magritte - Man with a Newspaper

  

Tristram Hillier - Variation on the Form of an Anchor

To be perfectly honest I'm not sure what it was that drew me to these pieces (bar the Monet).  I think they are quite varied in appearance.  The only explanation I can think of it that they all are real things or that they have tructure to them (bar the Krasner) but even that painting has detail and is not just a mishmash of brushstrokes.
I hope you enjoy :-)

My Friends Photographs

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I have friends who are really into photography.  Whilst the subjects of their photos vary the results are still the same, beautiful photographs.  They are all Members of Flickr Pro and thought it would be an excellent idea to share them with you.

Carine06

 

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The Wordsworth Library Collection

A few months back I decided it was time that I read some "classic" novels.  In the same way I have always known who Monet & Renoir are etc, I know the names of Sherlock Holmes and Jane Austin etc but never read their work.

That has now changed, thanks to The Wordsworth Library Collection available on Amazon

I currently have 3 of their books:

Sherlock Holmes
Jane Austen
Hans Christian Anderson

I plan to buy a few more from this collection as they really are beautiful books with lovely illustrations.  The price is also hard to beat for a book of this quality.  The only author not available that I would have liked is Charles Dickens but it is impossible for all his works to be contained in a book of this size.  I have however found the complete works here  As with the Wordsworth Library Collection the price cannot be beat and the books look lovely.  This collection is on my "to buy" list.

I hope you find something good to read.