GREAT MUSEUMS:Tate Modern ΙI

The Reserve of Dead Swiss 1990 by Christian Boltanski born 1944Tate Modern: It is one of the most impressive Museums, originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The power station closed in 1981. In 1992 the Tate Gallery at the British National Art Museum proposed a competition to build a new building for modern art. The purpose for the new building would help with the ever-expanding collection on modern and contemporary art. In 1995 it was announced that Herzog & de Meuron had won the competition with their simple design.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo Tate Modern Archive

You must visit the permanent Collection of Tate Modern, every time you will find yourself in London, since that everything you will see is a different experience. Tate Modern is Britain’s national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group. We make a selection of the many important artists and works contained in the collection. In the first part we focus on artists that their work has relatives and internal influences like: Jeff Wall, Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Tony Cragg, Susan Hiller, Anish Kapoor, Bruce Nauman, Richard Long, Richard Serra, Bill Viola, William Kentridge, Richard Hamilton, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Sir Anthony Caro and Christian Boltanski.

A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) 1993 by Jeff Wall born 1946
Jeff Wall, A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai), 1993, Tate Collection

 

 

Monument 1980-1 by Susan Hiller born 1940
Susan Hiller, Monument, 1980–1, Tate Collection

 

 

Abstract Painting (726) 1990 by Gerhard Richter born 1932
Gerhard Richter, Abstract Painting (726), 1990, Tate Collection

 

 

Axehead 1982 by Tony Cragg born 1949
Tony Cragg, Axehead, 1982, Tate Collection

 

 

As if to Celebrate, I Discovered a Mountain Blooming with Red Flowers 1981 by Anish Kapoor born 1954
Anish Kapoor, As if to Celebrate, I Discovered a Mountain Blooming with Red Flowers, 1981, Tate Collection

 

 

Five Angels for the Millennium 2001 by Bill Viola born 1951
Bill Viola, Five Angels for the Millennium, 2001, Tate Collection

 

 

Early One Morning 1962 by Sir Anthony Caro born 1924
Anthony Caro, Early One Morning, 1962, Tate Collectio

 

 

Slate Circle 1979 by Richard Long born 1945
Richard Long, Slate Circle, 1979, Tate Collection

 

 

2-2-1: To Dickie and Tina 1969, 1994 by Richard Serra born 1939
Richard Serra , 2-2-1: To Dickie and Tina, 1969, 1994, Tate Collection

 

 

The Swing (after Fragonard) 2001 by Yinka Shonibare, MBE born 1962
Yinka Shonibare MBE, The Swing (after Fragonard), 2001, Tate Collection