Tate Modern Tour: Gerhard Richter

One room of the Tate Modern was lined with six Gerhard Richter paintings.  

Mr. Hunter has posed with a Gerhard Richter piece before, at the De Young Museum in San Francisco.  

The Richter series at the Tate was inspired by composer John Cage.  Mr. Hunter liked the dark green painting best.

Take a photo tour of all six pieces on the Tate site.

Gerhard Richter

Material Gestures: Cage (1) - (6)

Tate Modern

London, England

September 2011

The Tate's Water-Lilies

Mr. Hunter has spent some quality time with Monet's famed Les Nymphéas paintings at the Musée de l'Orangerie in Paris, and he was curious to see the water-lilies at the Tate Modern.  The painting at the Tate turned out to be a more muted look at water-lilies at Giverny.

Water-Lilies
Claude Monet

(Mr. Hunter has a confession: 

He likes the vivid Monet water-lily paintings at l'Orangerie much better.)

Tate Modern

London, England

September 2011

Standing Hunter with Giacometti's Standing Women

From St. Paul's Cathedral, we walked across the Millennium Bridge and headed into the Tate Modern, the contemporary art museum housed in a former power station.

Mr. Hunter felt an affinity with these elongated Alberto Giacometti figures,
even though he's more of a squat sort of figure himself.

three figures, each entitled
Standing Woman
Alberto Giacometti

information from the Tate.org.uk web site:

Standing Woman - the one on the left

Standing Woman - the one in the center

Standing Woman - the one on the right

The Tate Modern, seen from the Millennium Bridge.

Tate Modern

London, England

September 2011