Tate Britain - art, performance, events

[spitfire]

I’m quite keen to see more shots from Consett as that’s just up the road from me. Also his landscape stuff, as I’ve only really seen that mentioned in passing.

It was interesting to see him in the darkroom. I’ve started experimenting with film in the last year or so , It’s definitely a different mindset from shooting digital.

So glad I unintentionally watched it the day before. Places everything in context so much more.

 

[hash tag]

Not to mention people who stand in front of a piece having a matter about nothing in particular

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Going for my birthday at end of the month. Looking forward to it

 

[blossie33]

I went to the exhibition on Monday, I'm lucky as I was given a gift of Tate membership last year so I've been making the most of it. I went fairly early in the morning, it was busy but not too bad, I was able to stand and look at each photo properly. Was getting very busy when I left at lunch time.

I thought the exhibition was excellent, I had seen some of the pictures and was aware that many would be from wars - I hate war but I found the photographs moving and not just taken in a sensationalist way.

Loved the 70's East End ones and the landscapes and still life - didn't know he photographed things like that.

The Finsbury Park area photos, (where he's originally from ) were very good and interesting to me as I lived in the area when I first came to London.

Expect I'll go again for another look round as I don't have to pay!

 

[spitfire]

I went to the exhibition on Monday, I'm lucky as I was given a gift of Tate membership last year so I've been making the most of it. I went fairly early in the morning, it was busy but not too bad, I was able to stand and look at each photo properly. Was getting very busy when I left at lunch time.

I thought the exhibition was excellent, I had seen some of the pictures and was aware that many would be from wars - I hate war but I found the photographs moving and not just taken in a sensationalist way.

Loved the 70's East End ones and the landscapes and still life - didn't know he photographed things like that.

The Finsbury Park area photos, (where he's originally from ) were very good and interesting to me as I lived in the area when I first came to London.

Expect I'll go again for another look round as I don't have to pay!

Yeah! I loved the photo of the guys in the back garden with all the beer bottles. Reminded me of my shared house days.

 

[RoyReed]

Went to see this today (with a mate who has Tate membership, so got in for free). Nearly in tears at one point. Even his landscapes are harrowing!

 

[blossie33]

Went to see this today (with a mate who has Tate membership, so got in for free). Nearly in tears at one point. Even his landscapes are harrowing!

Yes, I sent my sister some of his pictures - she said they're all very dark aren't they!

 

[hash tag]

Just out. A brilliant exhibition and very moving. A different world.

 

[hash tag]

Forget the wars and famine...the North East for England, the East End, Northern Island...i nearly grew up through those eras and so far removed from my sarf London beginnings

 

[hash tag]

Unreasonable Behaviour is a fantastic read. I expected to start this this morning and turn over for a nap, instead I ripped through the first 100 pages.
His childhood, school years, evacuation during the war, jobs, national service, a great read so far for anyone who may be interested.

Unreasonable Behaviour by Don McCullin | Waterstones

 

[neonwilderness]

I went to see this on Saturday and also read Unreasonable Behaviour beforehand. I'd seen a lot of the shots before in books, but it was good to see them up close and in the context of a series of shots. His landscape stuff was new to me, good but very dark!

The Markéta Luskačová exhibition was an unexpected bonus too

Not to mention people who stand in front of a piece having a matter about nothing in particular

Yeah this was quite annoying given how busy it was. Plus people trying to go the opposite way round the rooms rather than just queueing with everyone else

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Going to see it on the 4th

 

[sim667]

Even his landscapes are harrowing!

His landscapes are incredible.

I've only just discovered this exhibition is on, I might try and make it up there before it finishes.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Blagged a freebie to this and it is excellent.

The shots of homeless people around Liverpool Street from the early 80s were a real eye opener.

Also includes the photo which Killing Joke used as the cover of their first LP.

 

[joustmaster]

This one really made me smile

The best comment I heard whilst walking round the cambodia bit was from a posh old woman to her husband. "They were basically fighting uneducated savages with machine guns, they didn't even know how to hold a knife and fork"

 

[Saunders]

Just come out from it. Extraordinary and very moving.
I really do appreciate the recommendations of exhibitions on here. Thank you.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Still need to go to this. Maybe some weird time of the day this weekend because otherwise it will be packed I guess.

 

[ash]

Just come out from it. Extraordinary and very moving.
I really do appreciate the recommendations of exhibitions on here. Thank you.

Still need to go to this. Maybe some weird time of the day this weekend because otherwise it will be packed I guess.

We were there today too and it was good but bloody busy and that was at 1.30 Fri pm.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

We were there today too and it was good but bloody busy and that was at 1.30 Fri pm.

It's the last weekend for that and the Diane Arbus at the Hayward, which I also haven't seen. I'm a member at both so I can just wander in without booking but just thinking about the crowds brings me out in hives. I'm thinking a hardcore 10am start tomorrow.

 

[ash]

It's the last weekend for that and the Diane Arbus at the Hayward, which I also haven't seen. I'm a member at both so I can just wander in without booking but just thinking about the crowds brings me out in hives. I'm thinking a hardcore 10am start tomorrow.

Sounds a good bet. We have a member card - I suppose it’s people like us who push up the numbers . There was an hours wait to by buy tickets for entry so it must have been at capacity.

 

[ash]

This one really made me smile

The best comment I heard whilst walking round the cambodia bit was from a posh old woman to her husband. "They were basically fighting uneducated savages with machine guns, they didn't even know how to hold a knife and fork"

Snap - that one was the only photo I took too, going to send it to FIL who was on all the Aldermaston marches.

 

[Winot]

It's the last weekend for that and the Diane Arbus at the Hayward, which I also haven't seen. I'm a member at both so I can just wander in without booking but just thinking about the crowds brings me out in hives. I'm thinking a hardcore 10am start tomorrow.

I saw both on the same day. An interesting contrast as their careers start at about the same time. I wasn’t that impressed with the Arbus, although the later stuff is better.

 

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Snap - that one was the only photo I took too, going to send it to FIL who was on all the Aldermaston marches.

My fil was certainly on some of the alfermaston/cnd marches also. For his sins, was locked up on whilst on one of them on his wedding night.

 

[ash]

My fil was certainly on some of the alfermaston/cnd marches also. For his sins, was locked up on whilst on one of them on his wedding night.

Oh dear : )
The stories we always hear are:
- sleeping in the crypt of St Martins in the fields the night before they set off.
- after the first one or couple of marches from London to Aldermaston they realised that no one was there so decided it would make more sense to march from Aldermaston back to London!!

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Well that was a nice cheery start to the day I got there just after 10 and it was already hard to get round the first few rooms, people just shuffling slowly in a circle, so I dipped in and out, but it thinned out as I got further in.

Echo everything everyone has said. I would challenge anyone to come out of that thinking that wars are anything but unmitigated nightmares. It seems a bit shallow to talk about how great a photographer he is on top of it all.

 

[hash tag]

Quick reminder to people enjoying the exhibition, this is an excellent read

Don McCullin books and biography | Waterstones

 

[gawkrodger]

yes, excellent exhibition

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Well that was a nice cheery start to the day I got there just after 10 and it was already hard to get round the first few rooms, people just shuffling slowly in a circle, so I dipped in and out, but it thinned out as I got further in.

Echo everything everyone has said. I would challenge anyone to come out of that thinking that wars are anything but unmitigated nightmares. It seems a bit shallow to talk about how great a photographer he is on top of it all.

We may have bumped into each other! We were in just after 10 too! fantastic exhibition. What is it with people who get so close to photos & start having a fucking convo about it so no one else can get a look in? Wasn’t you was it?

 

[hash tag]

At least they were talking about the picture and not something else entirely unconnected, which I have known to happen a few times

 

[FridgeMagnet]

We may have bumped into each other! We were in just after 10 too! fantastic exhibition. What is it with people who get so close to photos & start having a fucking convo about it so no one else can get a look in? Wasn’t you was it?

If you saw a tall bloke who needed a haircut dodging in and out whenever it looked like there was a space, that might have been me... I mean honestly you can't spend ten minutes perusing each photo in a gallery. Some of those people are probably still there.