Pompidou Centre

I remember when I first went to the Pompidou Centre, I was onyl 14 years old with my father. I was just starting to get into the idea of modern art, and upon seeing the Centre I was shocked and excited by the style and design of the building. It had been designed in such a cool and wacky way and had a very loud character to it.

Inside the centre is the most beautiful range of modern art, and if your ever in Paris, it is definitely worth popping in.

Yves Klein

As I am sure you can see from the way Klein works, his style is unusual to say the least. But actually very dramatic, fun and exciting. Yves Klein is an artist who I briefly studied a couple of years ago, but never truly understood his work, or the reason behind his work. New York critics of his time described him as neo-Dada. He is an artist I would like to research into further.  

Sam Winston

Words are as much a part of Graphic Design as images. These are some detailed explorations of the written word by Sam Winston. This work is about the amazing relationship you can create between written language and visual language through design. I was reading through the magazine, 'Grafik' and came across this work, and it inspired me so much. I love the use of the old school pencil being used, and as if the text is being flowed somewhere else unknown.

Tibidabo

Tibidabo is a mountain overlooking Barcelona, and as you can see has some incredible views of the city. To reach the top, I had to take a train, then tram, and then another train. At the top, there is an amusement theme park, which is the oldest in Barcelona, and only until further research did I hear that it contains all of the oldest rides. The view is spectacular and it really is a beautiful place to get away from real life for a couple of hours. 

Dan Flavin

In 2006, I went to the Hayward Gallery in London to see Flavin's exhibition, 'A RETROSPECTIVE'. It truly was astonishing. As I have stressed in so many posts already, but the beauty of this work lies in the simplicity, yet the outcome is so strong. It was, and is probably the first exhibition I have ever been to when I could just sit in the middle of a room and look at the work over and over again, for hours.

YOUTUBE

Well, about as obvious as anyone may suggest. But simply brilliant. I think it is important for me to discuss a website that I use over 15 times a day. There really is every single video you could ever think of!!! When looking at everyone's blogs, I notice how much youtube is to everybody, and how useful it is. I remember when it first came on to the scene, and the idea of putting any video on the website was slightly bizarre but now it is something I really cannot live without.

MUSEU NACIONAL D'ART DE CATALUNYA

In terms of the view from the museum and the decor of a museum, this is number 1 for me. When you get to the building, which involves either stairs or as you can see an outside escalator, there is the most beautiful view of the whole of Barcelona. The building as you can see is triumphant, and what I love most about it, is the fact that from the outside it is rather old fashioned and when entering, as you can see in the photos, it is very modern and new with small dashes of the old fashioned style being drafted in at points.

The museum itself has a wide variety of exhibitions to look at, pretty much ranging from painting to photography. So there is a bit for everyone, but one should go there purely on the view and just to see the museum's modernity.