Sign and Texture

This display brings together works made from the 1950s onwards by painters who have explored the relationship between experience and abstract mark-making.

Of those included the Australian artist, Fred Williams, was most closely bound to the landscape, and explored a range of ways in which it could be abstracted through texture, colour and form. By contrast, Ernst-Wilhelm Nay, the major German abstract expressionist painter, sublimated experience in his subtle lyrical compositions. This display showcases these international artists as new additions to the Tate Collection, who enrich our understanding of a complex period.

The display is taking place at the Tate Modern from Monday May 5th to Sunday October 19th, Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5.50pm.

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How to get there:

Help plan your visit to Tate Modern using Transport for London's Journey Planner, whether you're walking, cycling or using public transport. You can also access Journey planner on a WAP-enabled mobile by texting 'TfL' to 60835. Text is charged at standard rate.

Underground - Southwark (Jubilee Line) and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closest underground stations both of which are approximately ten minutes walk away.

Buses - A number of buses service the area, including the RV1, 45, 63, 100, 381 and the 344.

Boat - The Tate Boat runs every forty minutes along the Thames between Tate Britain, the London Eye and Tate Modern. There is also a ferry service from Embankment or Festival Pier to Bankside.

Train - Thameslink between Bedford and Brighton stop at Blackfriars and London Bridge stations. London Bridge also carries a service to South East London and Kent.

Car - Public transport is the easiest way of reaching the gallery as parking at Tate Modern is severely restricted in the surrounding streets.

Bike - There is a bicycle shelter at the Main Entrance. See Transport for London's Cycling  Page.

On Foot - Tate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre. Click HERE for a map.

The Millennium Bridge now provides a new pedestrian route across to and from St Paul's Cathedral and the city and St Paul's London Underground station including Central line services. Approximate walking time from St Paul's Cathedral is about 10 minutes.