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ArtUK | A seriously playful artist: 100 years of George Wyllie

ArtUK | A seriously playful artist: 100 years of George Wyllie

by Archive | Sep 29, 2021 | News

Having unsuccessfully tried painting, he found his medium after taking a welding course at a local college in the mid-1960s. Inspired by what he called the ‘semi-engineering’ of an Arte Povera exhibition he saw at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in...

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