On Friday evening; Stephen, Pete, Mark and I met up at Tate Modern to see the 'Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde - Constructing a New World' exhibition.
We were hugely into Van Doesburg, Mondrian and De Stijl at art school (I did my thesis on Mondrian and Van Doesburg's falling out over the use of the diagonal in art) and had this show been staged 20 years ago, it would have been the stuff of our dreams, we'd have been absolutely beside ourselves. As comprehensive and thorough, as the show is, (and having failed to change the world through our own art) it was very much a nostalgic experience for us. Although one of the great things it does is demonstrate just how far Mondrian's work stands out from all the work of his contemporaries, that are superficially similar. And just how powerful, impressive and precise his paintings are.
Aside from the art, it was wonderful to spend time with my nearest and dearest friends and we had a good catch up over dinner afterwards.
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