tate britain

yesterday i went to tate britain.

if you were thinking about spending £25 to look at the turner prize

exhibition i could save you the money and describe it in one word.

i could also describe the members room at tate britain in one word too

if you're interested ?

as ever though, there were some unexpected pieces which caught my eye.

on this visit there were two paintings which i very much liked.

both kind of reminded me of the photoshop skills of my friend benito.

1

samuel richardson surrounded by his second family.

francis hayman 1708-1776

maybe you need to click on this pic to enlarge it but the faces on each person

here ( even the face of the doll ) looks like it was painted by a different artist

on a separate piece of canvas, then cut out and stuck on a body.

all the faces seem a little bit too big for the heads and the eyes are really big too.

a bit like in modern japanese manga.

all in all this is a really beautiful and interesting painting and well worth

checking out in real life.

2

the cholmondeley sisters

artist unknown.

once again it looks like the faces ( especially those of the babies ) have been

photoshopped onto the canvas by my friend benito.

maybe i'll dig out some of ben's room 101 archive and show them to you

in 2013... then you'll see what i mean.