Tate Modern

I visited the Tate Modern during summer. I have been many times before and each time i try to find a new artist or piece of work that I like. This summer they had a exhibition called "Sign and Texture" which explored work from the last 50 years or so that was based on an abstract style of painting and mark making. A lot of the work featured seemed to be landscapes that had been almost deformed or altered through the use of unusual textures and forms. One of the most dominant artists there was Fred Williams who used these abstract ideas to alter the feel of landscapes.


I personally have struggled with the reasoning and messages behind a lot of abstract work however I felt differently about a lot of the work shown. It displayed such creativity and variation in styles and methods that I found some of it to be quite inspirational in its creation. Even though I'm not a huge abstract fan, I found myself enjoying the exhibit quite a lot, and I left the Tate having found several new pieces of work and artists I now considered favourites.