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This 5 page paper considers the London borough of Southwark and how the cultural quarter, which includes many modern art facilities and tourist attractions has been developed. The writer pays particular attention to the Tate Modern Gallery, and the way in which there is an holistic approach taken to art and the way it has, and still is developing in the area through private and public enterprise. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TS14_TEtatemo.rtf
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visiting. Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London may be seen some of the most well known. However, it is not only due to the historical content of the capital
that this areas is popular with tourists, it may also be seen in the cultural content and the way in which we see this collected and intensified by the geographical
concentrations, In areas such as Southwark, the borough name may not be known, but many of the attractions in the area have a name that is recognisable, on of which
is the Tate Modern. If we look at this gallery we may also see, how, although controversial, it may be seen as fitting in and enhancing the many attraction that
are already present in terms of an area they maybe interpreted as a cultural quarter. The Tate Modern opened in may 2000 by
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (BBC, 2001). The development of the Tate modern was placed in Southwark on Bankside, it may be seen not only as the development of a
gallery, but also as a regeneration project that in itself may be seen as encompassing art. The building it is housed in is a former PowerStation, the shell remains, and
the inside has been refitted (Tate, 2002). The area may already have been associated with artists, there had been many artists live
and work in this central borough in London, painters and artists such as Pissaro, Blake and Ruskin had all worked in the area, and as such an association already existed.
In addition to this it was also on Bankside and many other nearby areas, in different regenerated industrial buildings and old wharfs, that much of Londons artistic community have found
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