Modernism...

One of the unexpected sights that Nellie and I visited during our trip to London was the Tate Modern Art Gallery. We wandered into the Tate Modern on Saturday evening hoping to find our way to one of the higher floors for a night time view of London across the Thames River. We found much more than that!

The Tate Modern is a relatively new addition to London's galleries and museums (opened in 2000), and is dedicated to displaying the "National collection of international modern art." Displays include exhibits on Fauvism, Cubism, Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimal Art, and, my personal favorite, Conceptual Art.

In an exciting revision of their stunning works of weirdness, the Tate recently re-hung all of their exhibits, much to Nellie's enjoyment. = )

Our favorite exhibit (and actually the only one that we saw), was the latest in the celebrated Unilever series by artist Rachel Whiteread. The Tate Modern Website commented on Whiteread's work by saying:

"As one of Britain's leading contemporary sculptors, Whiteread has undertaken several public commissions. She was awarded the Turner Prize in 1993 for House and, more recently, has completed the Holocaust memorial in Vienna and Monument which was displayed on Trafalgar Square's empty plinth."

Whiteread's current project is titled "Embankment" and was created to " invoke the sense of mystery surrounding ideas that a sealed box might contain." To create this feeling she used boxes....a LOT of them...14,000 to be exact! For me, the sense of mystery that 14,000 sealed boxes invokes was nearly overwhelming. Nellie had to hold me up as I was nearly overcome.

We took a picture.

My question is:

What do you do with 14,000 empty boxes when you're done with them?