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« Reply #15 on: 20:12:16, 01-11-2008 »
Thank you all for yr information re Bacon - its a pity the Bacon/Rothko are not on at the same venue - the only time i have ever visited Tate Modern there was so much to see could not take it all in one day!
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« Reply #16 on: 21:10:39, 01-11-2008 »
Quote from: offbeat on 20:12:16, 01-11-2008
the only time i have ever visited Tate Modern there was so much to see could not take it all in one day!

And they change the display every nine months of so.  There are three Bacons on display at Tate Modern at the moment - a bit suprising since they have always displayed their Bacons at Millbank at Tate Britain in the past.

I am always amazed how little of the space at Bankside (ie Tate Modern) is taken up by the permanent collection.  They had more stuff than they could possibly display there from its opening in 2000.  I was told that plans for an extension are underway.

When I trained as a tourist guide in 2001 we were the first year of guides to have Tate Modern (rather than the National or Tate Britain) as our compulsory gallery.  There's lots that I learnt to do my trite five minutes worth that are not on show now (Picasso's Weeping Woman, Sarah Lucas, Rebecca Horn's upside down piano, and above all Anish Kapoor's Marysas, the red PVC horn in the Turbine Hall.  I was told by someone at Tate it will never be shown again, as it was specifically designed for that space.  Pity.

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« Reply #17 on: 21:36:34, 01-11-2008 »
Hi Don B
That must have been a really cool job being a tourist guide especially at the Tate - i particularly remember the Rebecca Horn upside down piano - great stuff -the problem for me was many of the exhibits needed time to understand what they were trying to convey and also trying to separate the great stuff from the pretentious - have y been to Tate Britain - just wondered how they compare !
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« Reply #18 on: 21:49:04, 01-11-2008 »
Alas, offbeat, having been trained at Tate Modern, I have only once been asked to guide there.  That was a Belgian group staying in Docklands who wanted me to give them a tour of London by bicycle in the morning.  I turned it down as A I can't ride a bicycle and B I was not insured for the inevitible accidents.

But I came away with confidence that if I could guide Tate Modern, I could guide anywhere (with a bit of research.)

I will always remember the pieces I did in my exam - Picasso's Weeping Woman  and Boccioini's Unique Forms of Continuity in Space. 

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« Reply #19 on: 09:34:28, 02-11-2008 »
...and, to complete the set...



I may have said this before somewhere, but my department uses this image on the cover of its glossy brochure.  Cool
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« Reply #20 on: 14:37:33, 02-11-2008 »
As trainee guides we always thought it would look really cool to give a five minute chat on the subject of Rebecca Horn's piano to end just as it fell open.

I was present when it happened some half dozen times, and it never failed to get a nervous giggle from bystanders.

Where is it now, I wonder?  Presumably in crates in the Tate's store rooms.
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« Reply #21 on: 14:43:05, 02-11-2008 »
I first saw it in Tate Britain (before it was Tate Britain) as part of a Horn retrospective that was full of pipes filled with mercury, fluttering wings, mirrors and swinging hammers. Certainly I've seen it a few times in Tate Modern and it's very popular so presumably it'll be out again sometime soon. Perhaps they want to wait until it's a little less iconic...
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« Reply #22 on: 14:46:29, 02-11-2008 »
(PS I like to think of it in a packing case, still opening and closing)
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« Reply #23 on: 14:53:56, 02-11-2008 »
Quote from: harmonyharmony on 14:46:29, 02-11-2008
(PS I like to think of it in a packing case, still opening and closing)

 Cheesy  Cheesy
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« Reply #24 on: 22:02:59, 10-11-2008 »
Following on from the discussion about Francis Bacon tomorrow on SKY ARTS 1 is a documentary called
The Art of Francis Bacon at 1pm -should be worth watching  Smiley
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