I do not know whether it amused the late George Wyllie (although most things did), but it is passing strange that artists are now admired for working across different disciplines where such behaviour might have been dismissed as identifying a dilettante but a short while ago.
I do not know whether it amused the late George Wyllie (although most things did), but it is passing strange that artists are now admired for working across different disciplines where such behaviour might have been dismissed as identifying a dilettante but a short while ago.
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The Bard is the inspiration for artist Adrian Wiszniewski’s current work, says Keith Bruce
It is certainly true that Wyllie was taken less seriously as a sculptor because he also played jazz double bass, consorted with actors and picked up a ukulele to explain the philosophy behind some of his work. These days Turner Prize winners are almost expected to have musical talent. Richard Wright plays guitar alongside Franz Ferdinand drummer Paul Thomson, Martin Creed supported The Cribs at Barrowland last weekend and Susan Philipsz is one of the judges of the Scottish Album of the Year – which had music by Muscles of Joy, a collective of female visual artists, on its longlist.
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