24Seven: Here to modernity.Byline: Tim Marlow Tim Marlow (born 1963 [1]) is a British writer, broadcaster and art historian. He is best known for his regular feature on Channel Five - Tim Marlow on..., an occasional series in which he looks at current art exhibitions. THIS week, Tim Marlow concludes his tour of Tate Modern's themed collections by examining the gallery's expanded definition of history. The first room houses work by the Italian futurists, avant-garde artists so modernist that they promoted the destruction of libraries and museums in an effort to erase the past. Human conflict is an ever-present subject in the first section. Works influenced by the mass slaughter of World War I include Kandinsky's subversion of conventional battle scenes, through a complex array of colours and forms; and George Grosz's Suicide. In the next room, work by American minimalist artist Dan Flavin Dan Flavin (April 1, 1933 Jamaica, New York – November 29, 1996 Riverhead, New York) was an American minimalist artist who is famous for creating sculptural objects and installations from commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. is more positive and less political, using everyday strip lighting to literally lighten the atmosphere. Mondrian's paintings, on the other hand, feature a utopian balance of line and colour. The programme's final two works are by contemporary artistsRachel Whiteread and Rebecca Horn Rebecca Horn (24 March, 1944, Michelstadt) is a German installation artist most famous for her body modifications such as Einhorn (Unicorn), a body-suit with a very large horn projecting vertically from the headpiece, and Pencil Mask . |
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