The Tate

Joseph Beeuys 1921-1986- Lightning with Stag in it's Glare 1958-85

Suspended, bronze triangle embodies the energy of a powerful flash of lightning, which illuminates a group of half-formed creatures. 

Ideas

Physical theatre piece, very abstract where we represent different ideas and creatures with just a still position 

An object based piece where we look at different objects and perform what they mean to us or what they symbolise and resemble. 

The colours in this piece are quite plain and bland so we could do a peice on colours and how they represent different emotions. 

Roger Hiorns 1975-Untitled 2006 

Hiorns uses chemical or mineral processes to explore ideas growth and charge and the tensions between the industrial and the organic, the functional and the functionless. 

Ideas

Physical growth in the life cycle or growth in illness or pain. 

Tensions between people in different situations. Physical and naturalistic piece.

Lynda Benglis 1941-Quartered Meteor 1969-1975

This work was originally made by pouring polyurethane foam into the corner of the gallery. While many artists were interested in the literal properties of materials, Benglis wanted to suggest bodily and geological flows. Here the title also indicates a divided astral mass. 

Ideas

Layering of bodies, ideas, thought processes and dreams overlapped 

Shine, what does it mean to shine literally? And mentally? 

Annette Messqger 1943- The Pikes 1992-3

Influenced by Surrealism, power in relationships between male and female, nature and culture, vulnerability and aggression. 

Ideas

There is a lot you could do with this peice ...

Surrealism, creating abstract and experimental work with sounds and physical theatre 

Equality between men and women, power, a particular aspect so jobs or competitions.

Children's play, games and the difference between children and adults mentally and physically.