*Day 4 - Tate Britain / Tate Modern

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Damien Hirst Away From the Flock 1994Mixed Media This Sculpture is an early key piece from the celebrated natural History series initiated by Hirst in 1991. The Lamb is preserved in formaldehyde solution so that it appears to be mid leap. The selection of the humble lamb evokes its dual status as common cattle and symbol for christ within western art history.



Damien HirstWith Dead Head 1981-91Photograph on paper on Aluminiumtaken at a morgue in the leeds when Hirst was sixteen, shows the artist posing for the severed head. the work reveals his early fascination with a direct encounter with death and betrays his instinct for an arresting image.












Keith Piper.Go West Young Man 1987Photograph on paper mounted on board. Work has explored racial gender and class identity. His work is primarily concerned with politics. Work examines the phrase 'go west young man' in terms of the legacy of slavery and resulting constructions of black identity.



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Richard LongSmall White Pebble Circles 1987Marble PebblesFocuses on sculptors using natural materials which he collects during his long cross country walks. sometimes they are assembled in the same rural sites in which he finds the materials, sometimes brings them into the gallery spaces. Balance between patterns of nature and the formalism of human abstract ideas, like lines and circles.




Pablo PicassoBowl of Fruit, Violin and bottleOil on canvasThe objects are almost hidden within an apparent jumble of colours and lines, but the title helps us decipher them. They added sand to the paint to give a heightened reality to the picture surface. background has been left white. 






Pablo Picassobust of a woman oil on canvasCubist painting. brushstrokes indicate the depth of the surfaces enhance individual features such as the conical socket of the eye. techniques were inspired by African sculptures.











Pablo PicassoNude, Green Leaves and bust.Oil on canvas Nude, Green Leaves and Bust is one of a series of portraits that Picasso painted of his mistress and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter from 1932. The vibrant blue and lilac canvas is more than five feet tall.