CHRIS OFILI AT THE TATE:

I forgot to mention that I visited the Chris Ofili exhibition at the Tate Britain over the Easter holidays. I did take my own photos but they came out rubbish so these are better.

We made the mistake of going on a 'family day' and were unfortunately surrounded by THOUSANDS of screaming kids all day, using the floor of the Tate for their art-inspired 'paint n make' sessions. However the exhibition itself was extremely impressive. I hadn't seen much of Ofili's work before, but just knew that 1. He won the Turner Prize and 2. He's the guy that uses elephant dung. I must say that I didn't warm to the elephant dung...I'd hope that after seeing the pieces in the flesh it would all make sense, but I was somewhat bemused. The pieces themselves were absolutely beautiful; the colours were outstanding and the intricacy of the dot composition was very spectacular. To me, the dung was unnecessary and bizarre, but obviously he has his reasons and who am I to question them!

My favourite part was room of monkey pictures in the top image. There were 13 pieces, all identical designs butall different rich and beautiful colours. They were fantastic, albeit dung-laden, but fantastic all the same!