Sunday, October 21, 2007

Can you guess our arrival station?
Obviously, a Scottish artisan. . .
In a couple of hours high tide will obliterate all of this hard work.
If you step on a crack, you'll. . .
Yes, it certainly looks like a crack in the floor!
Our day trip to London: Part 2. . .(click on photos)
The Tate Modern Gallery always has a thought-provoking display in the massive turbine hall. Right now, they are displaying the work of Doris Salcedo, entitled, Shibboleth. It is actually a crack that begins very small in the concrete floor at one end of the turbine hall, but by the other end (167 metres) it is large enough to swallow a large house cat or small dog. Parents are urged to watch their small children carefully. I think I was more fascinated with the people's reactions to the work of art than I was with the work itself. And perhaps that is what it is all about. Anyway, I have included a couple of photographs of her work and compared them with a street artist who was taking advantage of low tide and make rather impressive sand sculptures. Tourists, please throw money!

1 comment:

Abby said...

I like the octopus.