London 24 July 2018

Started the day by going to the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey (but not inside either), then along the banks of the Thames. With, of course, some of the most over-photographed locations in London.

Pub with red flowers in pots on awning Granite monument to the glorious dead, 1914 Red and white brick roof line Westminster Abbey front, large circular stained glass window Big Ben clock face Heraldic shields at base of bridge column Houses of Parliament as seen from across River Thames Picture of designs for Blackfriar bridge Heraldic crest on arch Pods on London Eye ferris wheel Statue of Sir Laurence Olivier in Shakespearean garb London skyline showing three non-rectangular buildings

These are on a wall near the OXO building, which houses a lot of design exhibit areas.

Names of muses (Terpsichore, Melpomene, Thalia) painted on brick wall Metal rods attached to brick wall at semi-random angles

More pictures from the bank of the Thames

Plush toy cat on DJ turntable Dome of church

Southbank Skate Park

This is an authorized graffitti area, and it is wonderful indeed.

Dump Trumps Bulls**t!! Various people’s tags Long Live South Bank Tags with two people’s faces in background Adam West Batman saying “I Love Londinium”, labeled with Batman in Katakana Space alien holding large skull Painted grey “ceiling tiles” Crescent Moon, underneath: Every night fucks every day up “Top Cat” cartoon character holding marijuana cigarette; shirt reads “Top Buzz” Various tags

The Tate Modern

Normally, I really enjoy museums a lot. The Tate is excellent, but it just didn’t do it for me. A lot of the art was from the “You call this garbage art?” school, if you ask me.

This exhibit of art commemorating protests in Paris was wonderful, however. The first one translates to: I participate / you participate / he participates / we participate / you (plural) participate/ they profit

Pen writing conjugation of “participate” Person throwing brick: La beauté est dans la rue Red poster with line drawing of sheep; “Return to normalcy.” Men labeled French/Immigrants linking arms; man in hat trying to separate them: Workers United

Some paintings by Mark Rothko:

Red paintings by Rothko Red paintings by Rothko

Some “white on white” works:

White irregular frame on whte canvas white on white works

In most museums, you can’t use flash with your camera. There was one installation, however, where you had to use it. The room is totally dark, and when you take a picture with a flash, you see part of the room revealed. The walls have pictures of the artist with his family in Malaysia. These pictures don’t really give you a sense of how the installation really works. You only see a very brief glimpse of a portion of the room, and it’s easy to get disoriented. I really enjoyed this one!

photos with flash photos with flash photos with flash

Other works:

concentric lights Standing man with arms spread out Mobile with horizontal long square-end rods abstract creature sculpture lobster telephone by dali Posters advocating women artists Posters advocating women artists Hand holding block labeled “Who owns what?” curtain mao tse tung by warhol Abstract cityscape dominated by blue car view of tate from third floor wall of sayings protect me from what i want stacked lighted cubes wall of colored paper covered in text colored paper closeup short circuit purse multicolored diagonal stripes abstract concrete shapes on floor lines reflected in hanging mirrors line on wall intersecting paintings

This installation, Babel by Cildo Meireles, consists of hundreds of analog radios, all tuned to different stations.

hundred radios

More Miscellaneous Photos

tower bridge building on thames ruin

I also went to The Monument (to the great fire of London), and climbed to the top. The view from the top wasn’t that great, so no photos of that.

the monument base of monument closeup relief base monument

Wall Art / Stickers

Sticker: PUTEO Wall painting: hands grabbing ventilator grill panels Sticker showing cat-like creature’s face Stickers: Salad Days and NESTWO Sticker showing shocked man with moustache; labeled NSD Sticker: Man-like bird, labeled Pippin Stickers: blue squid, “No Fear”, and Korean syllables Various stickers (Ruin, Londres a Bombay, clean. Fuck yeah) Blue mosaic tile depicting bird Red alien robot-type creature on green background sticker: skull and crossbones on a beaker with bubbling liquid We built this city; pay your dues shakespeare painted on brick wall sticker spraycan with no symbol

Signage

This first one is from “The Clink,” which is an old London jail that has been turned into a museum.

hands on torture chamber signage beware of cyclists signage runners need signage eat