George Wyllie

George Wyllie

George Wyllie MBE(born 1921) is a Scottish artist who resides in Gourock. He worked as a customs officer before taking up art. He describes himself as a "scul?tor".

He has produced a number of notable public works notably the Straw Locomotive and the Paper Boat. The "Straw Locomotive" consisted of a full size steam locomotive, constructed from straw, and suspended from the Finnieston Crane, by the River Clyde in Glasgow [cite web| publisher=Springburn Virtual Museum|accessdate = 2008-06-03|title=Straw locomotive, by George Wyllie, 1987|url = http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/springburn/spring096.htm] . The sculpture was built at the former locomotive works at Springburn, and suspended from the crane for several months during the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, before being taken back to the Springburn site and ceremonially burnt. The 80-foot "Paper Boat" was exhibited at The Tramway in Glasgow and at other sites including a placement on the Hudson River in New York [cite web| publisher=New York Times|accessdate = 2008-06-03|title=Weekender: Monster Model Boat|url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEED71539F930A25754C0A966958260|date=1990-07-13] , for which visit it carried quotations from Adam Smith's "The Theory of Moral Sentiments". [cite journal |last= Macdonald |first= Murdo |year=1994|title=The social space in Scottish art |journal=Edinburgh Review |volume=91|pages=29]

His "Slap and Tickle Machine" is in the collection of the People's Palace, Glasgow, and wind-up stainless steel palm trees and a sculptural bandstand featured in the café of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

Wyllie's work can also be seen in the "Clyde Clock" (depicting a clock on running legs), outside Buchanan bus station and in the "Monument to Maternity" (depicting a huge nappy pin), on the site of the former Rottenrow Maternity Hospital. Collections: Glasgow Corporation Museum of Transport, Cheshire County Council, Glasgow Cathedral, St. John's Kirk, Perth, St. Mary's Hospital, Lanark, Mitchell Limited, Greenock, and public and private collections at home, USA and Sweden.

Wyllie stood as a list candidate (Scottish Senior Citizen's Unity Party (SSCUP)) for the West of Scotland region in the 2007 Scottish Parliamentary Election. [cite web| publisher=BBC News|accessdate = 2008-06-03|title=War veteran joins Holyrood fight|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6521853.stm|date=2007-04-03]

He is a past president of the Society of Scottish Artists and provides an award for an imaginative work at their annual exhibition.

He was awarded the MBE in the New Years Honours List 2005.

Works

(Partial list)

The Paper Boat.

Straw Locomotive.

The World is Small.

The Happy Compass.

Clyde Clock.

Slap and Tickle Machine.

Monument to Maternity.

Publications and Films

The Cosmic Voyage.
A Day Down a Goldmine.

References


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