Trip to the Tate Gallery and the National Gallery

On this day my peers and I went on a trip to Central London to see two of its greatest galleries: the Tate Modern, an art museum full of contemporary art from a range of  both modern and past artists which opens up doors to different ways of thinking about art and its possibilities, and the National Gallery which is comprised a lot more of traditional art. We walked to the National Gallery from the Tate Modern so I was able to see Southbank which I love because it is always filled with so much culture and character. By visiting the galleries I increased my awareness of current art and worked collaboratively with others to discuss and share our opinions about it. Art is usually trying to comment on aspect of society and we discussed about how it engaged with issues of global importance and considered the ethical implications it made. I developed my analytical skills and became an inquirer, a thinker, open-minded, balanced, reflective.

I find that it is always challenging to visit an art gallery, no matter how many times I have visited it previously. I think that there is always a different way for one to interpret art and that there are always new ideas which it can spark about it, whether it is by listening to other people's interpretations or because I have a change of perspective and different interpretation.

My aims for the visit were to manage to interpret art both in the way the artist thinks it should be interpreted, but also with my own interpretations and analysis. I also wanted to get inspiration for my own art projects and get a look at new art and the way in which different materials are used for different purposes. Throughout the visit I was also trying to extend my use of artistic vocabulary and extend my thinking process towards different art whilst looking at different techniques and concepts.

The visits were Creativity because I had to interpret art and analyse it, in the sense of how it makes me feel, my first reaction and its overall appearance so that I could manipulate the information that I gained and use it for my own work.

I really enjoyed the visit because I was very excited about going to these as I love looking at new art and seeing the different ways in which I can interpret it, and looking at older art to look at the past techniques and styles of art, and compare them together to see the change of thinking about art throughout time.  I managed to reach all of my aims, although I think that I would like to continue to look at extending my artistic vocabulary and looking at different techniques and concepts of art. I feel that all of these aims cannot ever be fully be reached, as with time they will always continue to develop. For example with the use of materials, there are always new materials appearing which artists use in different ways, so there is no telling really exactly how materials can be used and for which purposes.