Tuesday, February 1, 2011

London : January 12th 2011

Today we went to see the Tower of London. It was a lot of fun wandering around the castle and looking at the crown jewels. I love looking at all the different parts of the castle, including where they would stand at the top to stop intruders or down in the dungeon where they would keep the torture devices. The view of the London Bridge was also amazing to see. It is so different from any other bridge i have ever seen before.









After the London Tower we went to Petticoat Lane. This was a local market but there wasn't too much going on because the to really go on is Sunday. But we did get a really great deal on scarves so we bought a few to bring home. After that we went to Whitechapel Gallery. We saw artist Claire Barclay's exhibit Shadow Spans and Richard Wentworth's Three Guesses: A Confiscation of String. This was probably one of my least favorite galleries. I guess I just don't like that kind of sculpture. To me they didn't make much sense. However I did enjoy the installation by Mona Hatoum called Current Disturbance. To me this piece was at least fascinating the way she put together all these light bulbs and wires in cages that are cell-like, and together they give off this perpetual tug and resistance of energy.



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