New Designers is now over and everyone has gone back up to Aberdeen, however I decided to stay a few extra days to venture around London and see cool things.
Myself and my friend Natalie went to see the Damien Hirst exhibition at the Tate Modern. I really wasn't sure what to expect. I had heard little previews of what to expect but was still very curious to see it for myself. Having previously known Hirst only for his most famous works such as the diamond encrusted skull and the formaldehyde tanks with various animals inside, I really wanted to see more.
From entering the Tate I immediately had low expectations. The most unsightly art gallery entrance interior I have ever seen. I felt like I was in a warehouse. However once in the exhibition i forgot about the downstairs ugliness and was finding myself staring at a collective of brightly coloured sauce pans hung on the wall. Conceptual? But next to this was a photograph of Hirst himself with the head of a cadaver he had been studying when he used to visit anatomy departments. I enjoyed this piece as it showed even as a young budding artist he was not afraid to work with unusual subjects, in this case a human head. Another art piece I saw, but did not particularly have an opinion on was the cows head piece, A Thousand Years. It really did give me the heebie jeebies. Though I found myself unable to look away at the flies surrounding the head. Tucking into it. I could swear I smelt it through the glass case, but that was probably just my brain and even Hirst playing mind games with me. I did enjoy the exhibit, I have never been to one like it before, and I am glad I went. Even if it did make me slightly nauseous.
Aymee
