Artistic flavour

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I visited the Tate Modern again today during the lunch hour with an office colleague. We had gone to see the paintings of Mark Rothko. I had never heard of him nor seen any of his paintings till today. I must say it was an amazing experience to sit inside the Rothko room and be surrounded by his art.

"Perceived, as the artist intended, in reduced light and in a compact space, the subtlety of the layered surfaces slowly emerges, revealing their solemn and meditative character." (written outside the Rothko(room 3))

We saw a couple more paintings and I came across this another painter whose art I had not seen earlier - Jackson Pollock. I liked the ones that were displayed. They were colourful and very uplifting.

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On display were many more great paintings. My favourite Monet was right in the middle and looked so beautiful. There were a couple of Pablo Picasso's art too.

I also happened to see the sculptor Alberto Giacometti's works. Four Figurines on a Base is on display at Tate Modern.















Pic courtsey : http://www.tate.org.uk/learning/youngtate/artlookers/images/giacometti.jpg


All in all it was a very interesting hour as I got a chance to see abstract art (a form of art which I very recently started appreciating) up close and personal.