...Around the house, Wylie’s drawings hang on every other wall. The bookcases hold tomes by the artists she most admires, from American punk cartoonist Raymond Pettibon to the German provocateur Sigmar Polke, as well as her own exhibition catalogues and piles of handwritten notes. It’s easy to get pleasantly lost among the many references and source materials as the conversation slips around, from the moments in films Wylie has translated into paintings (alongside Tarantino, Werner Herzog is a favourite) to Proust’s interest in the concept of ekphrasis, art about other art forms. Yet she cautions me not to get too hung up on the references. “The painting isn’t about something. I think lots of people don’t understand that. They think it’s the message, which it isn’t. The message is the painting. The painting is the painting.” [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/nov/22/rose-wylie-i-want-to-be-known-for-my-paintings-not-because-im-old-serpentine]