The rain may have poured but it was all sunshine and good vibes inside the Tate Modern. It's currently staging the exhibition 'Pop Life' and boy did it put me in a good mood.
Featuring the selected works of Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Takashi Murakami it was all feel-good colours, fun-loving and very saucy too. Pop Life takes the Warhol quote 'good business is the best art' and reveals the crafted persona of these artists as brands. There's even a Pop Art Shop in the middle of the show - with a great disco. But mostly, I thought it was all just good fun. From Warhol advertising TDK to Jeff Koons getting fruity as a viril adonis - you can't help but shyly smile.
The best for me (and the most fun) was found in the final room and it was like stepping into a Japanese playroom, only imagined by Takashi Murakami. Look up at a vibrant 50ft high manga character fitting perfectly into the streets of Tokyo. Then you hear the mad pop music - is that Spider-man's girlfriend? Yes, it's Kirsten Dunst in a cyan wig singing 'Turning Japanese'. Delightful. And what better excuse than to post lots of pictures of Kirsten.
Enjoy Pop Life until January 2010.
www.tate.org.uk
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