Treasures from Budapest

I absolutely loved this exhibition at the Royal Academy of Art. It consisted of paintings, drawings and sculptures from the 15th century, right upto the 20th century. There were some beautiful works, incredibly detailed and each with a story behind it. The exhibition consisted of artists such as Rahael, Goya, Leornado da Vinci, and Rembrandt. There were over 200 works of art. I spent an entire evening there, but I still feel that I can go visit it again.

The Turner prize exhibition

 I enjoyed this exhibition, especially Dexter Dalwood's work. I liked his use of collages and the fact that he painted both realistically as well as abstact, for example, using flat colours. Susan Philps's audio installlations were also captivating.

Exposed

Is it really ok to invade someones privacy, to take graphic photos and pictures of war like scenes? What impact would it have on regular or even innocent citizens? To answer these questions (and because i like seeing exhibitions), I visited the famous Tate Modern's exhibition titled 'Exposed : Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera'. It was a huge collection, featuring various photographers : Weege,Nick Ut, Walker Evans and Bruce Naumen, to name a few. As soon as we entered, we saw photos of people in subways, all who were unaware that they were being photographed. Moving into the other rooms, the tate gives us a taste of a variety of topics such as celebrity and the public gaze, voyeurism and desire, winessing violence, and surveillance. It opened my eyes to the different ways and techniques of taking photographs- hiding cameras in places such as handbags and walking sticks. There was one photograher who had called up strangers and asked them to come to their home windows, in order for him to take their picture, there was another that had taken photos of the same thing at different times of the day, making a kind of visual diary. In answer to the questions mentioned above, I think that it is still a controversy; it does give us insight into an array of things, but the question is whether it is worth invading privacy and exposing secrets.