Exhibiton at Tate Britain

Phyllida Barlow-'Dock'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I visited the Tate Britain for one of the exhibitions called 'Ruins Lust', whilst there I also decided to look at these sculptures from the Tate Britain's Commission for 2014 by Phyllida Barlow. They are from a series called 'Dock' and she is known for making large scale installations using everyday household or DIY materials. I think the sculptures relate well to the topic of decay as she uses objects and materials that make the pieces look as though they are old and decaying/rotting. What I liked about Barlow's work was also the scale of the sculptures as they can be quite powerful.

 

Ruins Lust

I then went on to visit the 'Ruins Lust' exhibition which I found really interesting as it enabled me to think about other mediums and ways of presenting a derelict/decaying structure. Figure 1 is one of the pages of my sketch book based on this exhibition:

 

Figure 1

One of my favourite pieces from this exhibition was a laser chrome print mounted on to aluminium with diasec, by Jane and Louise Wilson who photograph the Nazis defensive wall, this particular photo was called 'Azeville' and figure 2 shows an image of it from google as you were not allowed to take photographs in the exhibition.

 

Figure 2

What I liked most about this photograph was how they had thought about the scale of the image when presenting it and also how they presented, as it was mounted on aluminium which made the photo really stand out and highlighted its clarity. I also like the use of black and white as it allows you to see the detail of the subject without being distracted by the use of colours.