When I’ve been in London in recent years, I’ve often visited the Tate Modern. Last time, we only made it to the café to enjoy the view over chips and a beer. The other times it has always been a tour of the exhibition. So far, I have found Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds and Henry Moore’s Upright Internal/External Form to be the most impressive.
I stood in front of this sculpture for a while, looking at it half-consciously, without really knowing why. The fact that art can trigger something like that in me, literally captivate me, was foreign to me before, and this photo, unfortunately, doesn’t come close to triggering the same feeling.
After that visit, I had no idea who it was by. I only found out about another Moore sculpture at the Hamburg Kunsthalle through an Instagram post that has since been deleted.
The visit to the Kunsthalle was then obligatory and initially only had the aim of seeing this sculpture. I was pleasantly surprised to realise that the Kunsthalle has much more to offer, and so the next visit is equally obligatory. After that, curiosity drove me on and made me order the book by Herbert Read. I don’t know why and where this will lead, but it remains interesting!
I can recommend a visit to the Tate to anyone who hasn’t thought of it before, and if you don’t want to go to London, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg is just as good. On Thursdays, the Kunsthalle not only has longer opening hours and therefore a quieter atmosphere, but also a cheaper entrance fee.
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