Lucy McKenzie - Art and the Interior

Influential designers from a variety of disciplines came together to share their thoughts in Ben Kelly’s 2015 symposium: Interior Design, Dead or Alive. This isLucy McKenzie’s recording.
Lucy McKenzie is a contemporary artist based in Brussels. In 2007-2008 she studied at a private school for decorative painting and the commercial techniques learned there have been central to her work ever since. Her work often uses contradicting forces by employing essentially conservative artistic methods (historical interior decoration and trompe l’oeil) to express antagonistic ideas. She will discuss her interest in decorative painting and its alternative history parallel to modernism. She will also outline her current project, renovating ‘De Ooievaar’. A 1930s villa in Oostende with a complex history and unique interior into an ‘appropriated artists house’.
Find out more about the Dead or Alive Interior Design symposium here: www.arts.ac.uk/...