Galleries #2 - The Tate

Now, i've been told that The Tate doesn't have a specific street art policy, ie: there's no definite reason why they don't have street art inside their walls. They have had the Brazilians outside and I guess they don't want their (wonderful) gallery getting messed up by a load of London urchins but you have to wonder if some of the street artists out and about today don't deserve a little more recognition. Maybe there's some exhibitions in the making, the new Tanks location would be perfect.

Anyway, they do have a mark making/graffiti related exhibit at the moment & it's a really fun piece, especially as it's so interactive. Check it out below:

http://lightgraffiti.littlesun.com

If you go along, then you pop into a room, wave a solar flower at a screen, to make your mark and hey presto the sun is (re)born. They give you a code too, so you can check out the image you made when you get back home. It's a really accessible exhibit and a lot of fun, though the room itself is tucked away and the assistant I asked told me I had to buy a flower first, then wait for a light show (you don't need to but I think this was more about a show later on in the day related to the solar flowers). You can buy them, at £16.50 I believe, and they're solar torches and v cute, I don't now how powerful they are in real life.

Here's a few Little sun : sunlight graffiti images:

Here's some images from the Tate outside's street art exhibit form a few years back:

(pics to come)