Like the many I walk across the millennium bridge to the Tate. entering the trade mark turbine hall the familiar sequence of being stuck by the hyper gravity of feeling smaller in this giant aquarium of air.
O.k so what's on? I ask myself ...cool roof garden! what
was before me was many triangular
was before me was many triangular
Boxes filled with soil looking like your stereotypical high end herb garden...being bath in a fierce light as you observe the triangular boxes I Notice how neatly arranged they all were coming together too to form one giant triangles which made for a really nice geometric moment all gracefully forming one pristine shape....I began too read the artwork seeing the garden boxes as triangular prisms and viewer being the seeds which were being grown out there prisms. After closely observing seven or so empty box's of soil...there clearly wasn't anything colourful or amusing in the motion of watching someone endlessly watering undeveloped flowers ,Sun flowers being the plant of choices..it would have so much riskier if crop were endangered flowers or lets say hemp.
unlike many artworks before it this work came with its own campaign group ....''so what's it all about'' I said...as looking upon there army of lefts ''CLIMATE CHANGE'' we against bp sponsorship of the tate this quickly changed the theme into a case of bad money.BP bad money..like an archer stuck by its own arrow bp was facing a rather large protest in the very institution it was sponsoring
the human gesture of sponsorship was clearly being shown as a drop in the ocean to the humanitarian challenge faced by climate charge .which raise the question
was BP simply looking for redemption ..were they friend or foe whooo! you start getting tipsy on the strong cocktail of art and politics and what a strong mix it was
with the art taking a clear second place on the podium ,which leave me thinking its only right to finish on the actual artwork..... I wonder why they hand not used more colour...and why the wood was soo bland but then again it is.. Titled Dull empty Lot
was BP simply looking for redemption ..were they friend or foe whooo! you start getting tipsy on the strong cocktail of art and politics and what a strong mix it was
with the art taking a clear second place on the podium ,which leave me thinking its only right to finish on the actual artwork..... I wonder why they hand not used more colour...and why the wood was soo bland but then again it is.. Titled Dull empty Lot
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