London Town

We've had a brilliant day in London, looking at Conceptual Art. It's been long and tiring because I had to get up at half six - Duncan was picking me and Katie up at half past seven. So early! I haven't been up at that time for at least year, since the morning we left for Italy. Got Laura and then headed for McDonalds for a breakfast. I went for porridge which I've never had before and it was lovely! A bit like rice pudding but thicker. We were a bit late meeting Thomas and the rest of the class in the Duveen Gallery in the Tate Britain but apparently we hadn't missed much. This picture was during Thomas' talk in the Gilbert and George room who are a big part of my dissertation so it was interesting to hear his perspective on their works. From there, we grabbed some lunch at Pret a Manger and had the Hummingbird Bakery cupcakes that Sarah made us for pudding. They were Red Velvet ones and she'd initialed each of them for us. Lovely! We then went to the British Film Institue to see the Matt Collishaw installation they have there at the moment. A twenty minute bus ride took us into South London to see Michael Landy's Art Bin and he was actually there! Art Bin is exactly what it sounds like - a giant skip where art works, some extremely valuable ones, are thrown in and will all be destroyed when the exhibition finishes (there are several Damien Hirst's in there that are worth over £400,000 each!). Thomas of course knew him and we had a little chat - lovely man. We then got back on the bus to the Saatchi Gallery which I've never been to and saw Richard Wilson's 20:50 which is a Conceptual piece using crude oil. Google it, it's brilliant! We popped over to Thomas' flat in Earl's Court for a couple of hours where he showed us his personal collection and some were amazing - even his bathroom has art in it! I caught the train back from Kings Cross and it's nice to be in warm with the fam. I had a shower and now I'm all cosy. Definately sleep time soon though!