Classified: Contemporary Art at Tate Britian

From June 22^nd to August 23^rd 2009, a piece called Classified opened at the Tate Britain. It was a huge display of British contemporary art which used a wide array of media such as works from Damien Hirst and Jake & Dino. The museums visitors were also be able to view works of the following artists: Gillian Carnegie, Martin Creed, Jeremy Deller, Ceal Floyer, Phillip Allen Tacita Dean, Mark Dion, Peter Peri, Simon Starling, Rebecca Warren, Simon Patterson and Fiona Rae.

Classified focused on the artist’s way of ordering their work and explored how humans need to classify affects our their outlook on the world. The exhibit addressed ones desire to collect and categorize. Each work has its own variety, method and approach but were all linked to one another because each artist coded the objects and images that surround us throughout our daily life. Each work allowed the viewer to reflect on both the artists’ creation of meaning by their use of different strategies and the museum’s role in collecting, organizing and displaying objects.

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