Friday 22 February 2013

Blackfriars, 20th February 2013, inc The Tate Modern

It was a cold and blustery day. London was well wrapped up. The Prime Minister was in India. The Tate Modern had a Roy Lichtenstien show on. The Black Friar pub was busy. It's the only art-nouveau pub in London. It's been busy since it was built in 1875. Those Friars knew how to drink.

He won't get past the Black Friar......









Expensive new apartments for exhibitionists next to the Tate Modern museum


The Tate Modern showing Roy Lichenstein's serious comic book art


The Palastra Building built in 2006 - note the protuberance at the top


The same looking towards Blackfriars Bridge and showing Southwark tube station

 a dog on a street lamp and a view of the Shard



A lonely sentinel of abstemious Victorian virtue



Two happy kids stare out from a Victorian housing project on Blackfriars Road


I inspect an intriguing piece by Dexter Dymoke at the ASC Gallery

Elena with another Dexter Dymoke piece which she wants to play.


Ourselves reflected in his art


The Shard has landed


The Tate Modern being extended


The dog and a post box

Tea at the Tate Modern and a happy waiter


Roy Lichenstein's wedding ring


Roy Lichenstein's tyre

Roy Lichenstein's brass sculpture

People love Roy's work

St Paul's from the Tate Modern's window

The Millennium Bridge

The view from the Millennium Bridge

Note to self - join a volleyball club

The Tate bookshop caters for all tastes

The Oxo Tower - there's a restaurant at the top