In Tate Britain
Walk Through British Art: 60 years
Free entry- Artist
- Rose Wylie born 1934
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unconfirmed: 3660 x 3660 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by Tate Members 2013
- Reference
- T13784
Display caption
Wylie’s subject matter is often drawn from popular culture. Ranging from film stars to footballers, she describes the people she paints as ‘shared contemporary gods, outside of art and religion’. Her bold paintings confront what she sees as society’s obsession with style and self-image. The ‘pin-up’ of the title is the figure on the left, based on Marilyn Monroe in the 1961 film The Misfits. The head on the right is Annabel Chong, drawn from Wylie’s memory of a television documentary about the pornographic film actress.
Gallery label, May 2019
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