Since the early 1980s, British Artist Rose Wylie has discovered her own unique style of painting. Combining expressive and playful brushwork with subjects influenced by popular culture, art history and her own life experiences. This talk will discuss Lorry Art, made by Rose Wylie in 2010, and acquired by Tate in 2013. The painting was agreed for loan to Aspen Art Gallery, USA in July 2020- November 2020, for the first solo exhibition of Wylie’s work in the United States. Prior to the loan, Tate Paintings Conservators Katey Twitchett-Young and Alma Jongstra arranged a visit to meet the artist in her Kent based home and studio. On interviewing the artist, they gained an insight into the meaning of Lorry Art and her painting practice. They discussed her views on the preservation of her work, as well as capturing a remarkable visual record of her chosen materials and techniques.
Katey Twitchett-Young obtained a BA in History of Art and Studio Practice at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. In 2004 she graduated from Northumbria University with a distinction in MA Conservation of Easel Paintings. After which she undertook an internship at Fine Art Conservation Group LLC in New York. She received the ICON Student Conservator of The Year award in 2005 for her investigative research into the preservation of Ron Mueck’s sculpture. 2005-2006 she worked as a freelance paintings conservator in London, after which she gained a short contract as Acting Artlease Conservation Officer at Southampton City Art Gallery. In 2007 she obtained an advanced internship in Modern and Contemporary Art at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, which led her to gain an Assistant Paintings Conservator Role at Tate. She is now an ICON Accredited Paintings Conservator working at Tate, within the loans and St Ives programme. She has a special interest in 20th Century Art and Design and works of art that cross traditional material boundaries.
Alma Jongstra obtained a BA in History of Art and Architecture at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, and graduated from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in MA Conservation of Easel Paintings in 2017. After this she completed the 2-year Post-Master programme of Conservation of Easel Paintings at the UvA, which included a research internship at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) into Characteristics of Water-Miscible Oil Paints, and a 9-month internship at Tate. After this she gained a role as Assistant Painting Conservator at Tate in 2019. In the years since, she has worked across the programmes for Loans, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, and Acquisitions. She has a special interest in 20th Century and Contemporary artworks, and working with large format or non-traditional shaped paintings.
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