I went on a Tuesday and it was packed. For a man who casts such a huge, dark shadow over the history of British art, William Blake’s drawings, paintings and etchings are quietly unobtrusive little things. Review: The William Blake Exhibition at Tate Britain. Visiting Tate Britain, you immediately understand why: Blake’s unique books are perversely small. September 23, 2019; The artist’s reputation has waxed and waned, but this Tate show blows away all our preconceptions A genius engraver of images with a penchant for public nudity and political radicalism, a poet who would break off from conversation to confer with angels and spirits in the room, he is considered by many to be the closest thing Britain has … I would love to recommend it, except for one thing. Nobody in their right mind would print text in … An artist who comes off worse by insisting on his worth in the face of a sceptical or uninterested market is nothing new in British art. Review: The William Blake Exhibition at Tate Britain. Heaven or hell? It cost £18 to get in. Poet’s verses ring true as we face our very own revolution. Dismissed in his lifetime as mad, William Blake is now lauded as a visionary genius, one whose art and poetry has influenced many generations of creatives. Tate Britain, London table of content Exhibition Review William Blake. The Blake Society held a competition in 2016 for a drawing within the margins of a postcard, inspired by William Blake’s description of the Shamini Sriskandarajah visits Tate Britain's recent retrospective to find out why. William Blake at Tate Britain Thought to be mad by Wordsworth but considered a genius by Coleridge, William Blake (1757-1827) was an oddity during his lifetime. Here’s my review. By ESTHER CHADWICK. I headed to Tate Britain to see their colossal retrospective and find out. Poet’s verses ring true as we face our very own revolution. One of the first works in the William Blake exhibition at Tate Britain is a self-portrait. William Blake. Steve Dinneen. The exhibition is obviously a great success. This large retrospective shows William Blake (1757-1827) as a man of his own times. William Blake's "sensational radiance" is dulled by Tate Britain's blockbuster, Will Gompertz says. The latest William Blake retrospective (over the past century he’s had one roughly every 25 years) at Tate Britain is weird, dark and magnetic. Tate Britain defies the snobs and sceptics by showing Blake as a straight artist, with only the barest nod to his writings. Dismissed in his lifetime as mad, William Blake is now lauded as a visionary genius, one whose art and poetry has influenced many generations of creatives. Steve Dinneen. Shamini Sriskandarajah visits Tate Britain's recent retrospective to find out why. The solitary review called Blake a madman. Tickets £18 I went to see the Blake exhibition at Tate Britain last week. William Blake at Tate Britain review — viewing it is like being drunk. William Blake, it turns out, was human, even if his artworks were anything but. Blake fans, too, may be enraged at this disavowal of his poetic genius. The artist’s reputation has waxed and waned, but this Tate show blows away all our preconceptions . Modern audiences can learn from it how he was perceived by his contemporaries, not following the traditional approach, which saw Blake as a mysterious and misunderstood genius (however, we are told that Blake’s own printmaking method to this day remains ‘mysterious’). I would love to recommend it, except for one thing. William Blake at Tate Britain. The exhibition is obviously a great success. It cost £18 to get in. 300 artworks by William Blake. William Blake is at Tate Britain, 11 September 2019-2 February 2020. Share. Tate Britain, London. William Blake at Tate Britain review — viewing it is like being drunk. The Blake Society held a competition in 2016 for a drawing within the margins of a postcard, inspired by William Blake’s description of the I went to see the Blake exhibition at Tate Britain last week. William Blake review – a rousing call to arms Tate Britain, London This magnificent exhibition of 300 images reveals Blake’s inspiring vision at its most vivid and strange