Picasso to Julie Mehretu modern drawings, the British Museum collection

Picasso to Julie Mehretu modern drawings, the British Museum collection
7 October 2010 –25 April 2011


Currently, the British Museum exhibits many of the great artists' drawings of the 20th century collected over the past 35 years.
The collection starts with Picasso’s study for his masterpiece Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and concludes with Julie Mehretu, the Ethiopian-born artist who is one of the stars of the international contemporary art scene with acclaimed solo exhibitions at the Guggenheim in New York and across the world.

The collected drawings are not selected artists' famous major works. But, I believe it is rare opportunity to enjoy their practice pieces and early studies. (unfortunately, taking photos was exhibited.)

Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia

The theme of British Museum's Room 24 is Living and Dying and when I visited Brisith Museum 'Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia' was attracting people's attention.

a 13m long 0.4m wide fabric incoperates over 14,000 drugs. According to the description of the piece, It is the estimated average prescribed to every person in Britain in their lifetime.

Cradle to Grave by Pharmacopoeia explores the approach to health in Britian today.
It contains a lifetime supply of prescribed drugs knitted into two lengths of fabric, and illustrates the medical stories of one woman and one man.

Through this object, Susie Freeman, Dr Liz Lee and David Critchley wanted to say that maintaining a sense of well-being is more complex than just treating episodes of illness.

Fiona Banner: Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010 & The Naked Ear,

I viewed two of Fiona Banner’s powerful exhibitions in a day.
First exhibition was Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2010. Banner places recently decommissioned fighter planes. For Banner these objects represent the 'opposite of language', used when communication fails.

The other exhibition was The Naked Ear at Frith Street Gallery

In this exhibition the artist looks at how we mythologize history, and our willingness to be seduced by those myths.


Fiona Banner (born 1966) is an English artist, who was short-listed for the Turner Prize in 2002. In 2010, She is one of the Young British Artists.

Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge - Tate Britain
Tate Britain 8 September 2010 – 16 January 2011


The first exhibition that I met Eadweard Muybridge was at Kingston Museum and at the Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University. He is one of the most influential photographers of all time because he pushed the limits of the camera's possibilities, creating world-famous images of animals and humans in motion.

His inspirational captured film work attracted me, and I visited Tate Britain to see his work more.

Tate Britain brings together the full range of his art for the first time, and explores the ways in which Muybridge created and honed his remarkable images, which continue to resonate with artists today.