Tate Gallery St Ives and Barbara Hepworth Gallery

I was in St Ives last weekend and fulfilled an ambition of mine, to visit the Tate St Ives gallery. I've been to the Tate Modern in London, several times and have really enjoyed their exhibitions and general set up.  I must be on a different wavelength to all those artists in Cornwall because I failed to see much 'art' in their current exhibition 'The Far and The Near'.

I read the blurb, listened to the gallery speakers and looked at the images and have to say I cannot see the art in most of what was on display. Does this make me a heathen.  I'm trying to absorb art and appreciate it but this exhibition passed me by completely.  I spoke to a friend when I got home and she admitted that she couldn't remember what she had seen at the show she had visited.

On the other hand I visited the Barbara Hepworth studio and gardens (part of the Tate but separate from the main gallery) and that was a real gem.  Apart from too many people crammed into too small a space, the items displayed in the gardens were superb.

Two Forms (Divided Circle) by Barbara Hepworth