BERLIN.- Galerie Michael Janssen presents its first exhibition by English artist Rose Wylie (b. 1934) entitled “Picture on the wall…”. Rose Wylie’s large-scale paintings and drawings depict simple motifs – animals, cartoonlike figures, insects, skulls and flowers and follow a faux-naïf strain in English art history. She is often inspired by the everyday imagery of her domestic life in rural Kent as well as by folk art and mass media. She also draws from a comprehensive knowledge of art historical references; including ancient wall paintings, medieval and Italian Renaissance art. Disparate expressions as those found on old candy wrappers, paint jobs on African trucks, 1930’s cigarette cards, tattoos and films come together in her rich visual language. An intoxicating mix of the primitive and contemporary is laid bare. Wylie never uses photographs as