tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post5693389970590799044..comments2024-03-04T08:34:20.376+00:00Comments on John's Labour blog: Red Star Over Russia at the Tate ModernJohn Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-29384772299230283842011-02-04T08:52:11.734+00:002011-02-04T08:52:11.734+00:00Hi Chris
You could well be right that I was a lit...Hi Chris<br /><br />You could well be right that I was a little harsh and I would have liked to walk amongst the seeds.John Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14269161145575667147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7733583.post-84955268320044827402011-02-03T16:48:53.221+00:002011-02-03T16:48:53.221+00:00I think you're being a bit harsh on the sunflo...I think you're being a bit harsh on the sunflower seeds. <br /><br />I went to the Tate a few months ago to see the Gauguin exhibition (not by choice; TVU made me) and, after being bored to tears by Gauguin's pompousness, I went to see the sunflower seeds. <br /><br />What struck me about it was the sheer scale of it all. Sadly visitors weren't allowed to go into the seeds and touch them (much to the annoyance of the artist who created it, who said that going in and touching them *was the entire point* of it) but it is over a billion little seeds, hand painted, across a space that is bigger than a football pitch, about half a foot deep.<br /><br />It made me think, and it moved me, much more than I thought it would. But I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.Chris Learynoreply@blogger.com