Tate Modern

Well if yesterday was museum nerd day, today was art snob.




I went to the Tate Modern via a detour to St Pauls. After checking out the standard exhibitions (read free) which included the likes of pollock and picasso, i was left with the hard decision of whether to hand over £13 to see the other parts. After my delicious lunch of brie and baguette, I decided it was only money and this was the only chance to see this stuff.




The main exhibition was Salvador Dali. I can't say i knew much about him going in, just that he did the crazy clock melting painting. But what a treat it was - He had all sorts of bizarre and strange paintings, films and a very impressive moustache. The highlight was probably the completed version of the once abandoned Destino short film. It featured many of his iconic motifs and ideas in an animated short. Disney scrapped it in the 60's but it recently was finished and escaped! Its a bit sad that it happened in the first place - The cobbler and the theif also got ruined by Disney in a similar maneuver. The last thing in the gallery was a collection of photos of he posed for with his moustache, Its amazing how many shapes he could bend it into for comical effect. Though I think in the end it was more inspiration to continue shaving than not.