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Grayson Perry - Smash Hits
Grayson Perry, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Patrick Elliott, Tor Scott
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R596
Discovery Miles 5 960
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Grayson Perry is one of Britain’s most celebrated contemporary
artists and cultural figures. This book, which includes first sight
of new and previously unpublished works, is published to accompany
the largest-ever retrospective of Perry’s art. It offers a
vibrant insight into his life and work, from his youth in rural
Essex to sell-out stage shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Grayson
Perry vividly reflects on his art, life and career, remembering the
sources of inspiration and influences along the way. Victoria Coren
Mitchell’s thought-provoking contribution considers the role of
humour in Perry’s art, highlighting the often-underestimated
effort involved in being at once a serious artist and a lovable
character. Patrick Elliott provides an illuminating biographical
essay of the artist. The reader is also given a fascinating glimpse
into the technique and process behind Perry’s prints, pots and
tapestries. Showcasing 76 exhibited works, the book covers the full
range and breadth of his astonishing career.
Telling a story of class and taste, aspiration and identity,
tapestry series 'The Vanity of Small Differences' saw Turner
Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry travel the length and breadth of
the UK, "on safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain". The result
is a monumental exploration of the "emotional investment we make in
the things we choose to live with, wear, eat, read or drive." The
six vibrant and highly detailed tapestries presented here bear the
influence both of early Renaissance painting and of William
Hogarth's moralising series, literally weaving characters,
incidents and objects from the artist's research into a modern-day
version of 'A Rake's Progress' (1733). Featuring essays by
journalist Suzanne Moore ('Guardian', 'The Mail') and Grayson
Perry, alongside extensive commentary on each of the tapestries and
their making, this book is an essential companion to one of the key
contemporary art works of the last decade.
Documentary about eccentric English artist Andrew Logan, focusing
in particular on his creation of the now-cult event The Alternative
Miss World. In the exuberantly eclectic spirit of Logan's own
artwork, director Jes Benstock uses a mixed-media collage of
archive footage, photographs, animation and commentary from Logan
and various figureheads from the worlds of art, fashion, music and
theatre to give an insight into a world where the flamboyant, the
spectacular, the outrageous and the anarchic reign supreme.
The behemothic global art market is one which few aspiring artists
manage to penetrate. How then would a creative person with
virtually no arts engagement, maybe with mental or other
significant health issues, disability, or difficult social
circumstances, find a way in? Providing a means of gaining an
understanding and appreciation of largely overlooked artists and
their work, Outside In: Exploring the margins of
art champions the creatives and artworks produced by those
traditionally kept on the periphery of the art world. In the
context of the support offered by the charity Outside In, it
explores the artists' motivations and approaches to making. In
doing so, a robust case is made for the need to break down the
significant barriers excluding talented artists from the art world,
and to create an inclusive artistic community in turn.
'A breeze of a read, makes you see our male-manufactured world a
little differently' Matt Haig 'GRAYSON PERRY FOR KING AND QUEEN OF
ENGLAND. Imagine how BRILLIANT our country would look if he was'
Caitlin Moran Grayson Perry has been thinking about masculinity -
what it is, how it operates, why little boys are thought to be made
of slugs and snails - since he was a boy. Now, in this funny and
necessary book, he turns round to look at men with a clear eye and
ask, what sort of men would make the world a better place, for
everyone? What would happen if we rethought the old, macho,
outdated version of manhood, and embraced a different idea of what
makes a man? Apart from giving up the coronary-inducing stress of
always being 'right' and the vast new wardrobe options, the real
benefit might be that a newly fitted masculinity will allow men to
have better relationships - and that's happiness, right? Grayson
Perry admits he's not immune from the stereotypes himself - as the
psychoanalysts say, 'if you spot it, you've got it' - and his
thoughts on everything from power to physical appearance, from
emotions to a brand new Manifesto for Men, are shot through with
honesty, tenderness and the belief that, for everyone to benefit,
upgrading masculinity has to be something men decide to do
themselves. They have nothing to lose but their hang-ups.
A controversial book by the celebrated transvestite potter.
'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art' Lynn
Barber, Sunday Times Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of
the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can
appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book
Playing to the Gallery and not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite').
Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of
pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world
answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art
gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask.
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Art_Textiles (Paperback)
Amy George, Pennina Barnett; Artworks by Anne Wilson, Beverly Ayling-Smith, Elaine Reichek, …
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R688
Discovery Miles 6 880
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures
of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. Fantasy took over his
life, in a world of battles ruled by his teddy bear, Alan Measles.
He grew up. And in 2003, an acclaimed ceramic artist, he accepted
the Turner Prize as his alter-ego Clare, wearing his best dress,
with a bow in his hair. Now he tells his own story, his voice
beautifully caught by his friend, the writer Wendy Jones. Early
childhood in Chelmsford, Essex is a rural Eden that ends abruptly
with the arrival of his stepfather, leading to constant swerving
between his parents' houses, and between boys' and women's clothes.
But as Grayson enters art college and discovers the world of London
squats and New Romanticism, he starts to find himself. At last he
steps out as a potter and transvestite.
Created and displayed as part of the major Grayson Perry exhibition
at the British Museum in 2011 and again upon the Museum's
post-lockdown reopening in 2020, The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
is a sculpture of an iron ship, sailing into the afterlife. This
wonderful catalogue, created to accompany the award-winning
exhibition at the British Museum (6 October 2011 - 19 February
2012, Winner of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2012 for Visual
Art), draws on such intriguing and diverse themes as pilgrimage,
shamanism and tomb guardians. British Museum Trustee Grayson Perry
takes the reader on a journey to an imaginary afterlife. "The Tomb
of an Unknown Craftsman is of a treasure hoard from a distinct
civilisation. The difference is that it is a civilisation of one.
The territory it springs from is my imagination. The relationship
between my personal themes and obsessions and the vastness of world
culture as represented in the British Museum is like a narrow
pilgrimage trail across an infinite plain." Grayson Perry Grayson
Perry's centrepiece to this fascinating journey is a major artwork:
a metal tomb in the form of a ship, encrusted with reliefs and
artistic cargo based on, or actually cast from, objects in the
collection of the British Museum. The occupant sails into the
afterlife surrounded by the talismans of many faiths and peoples.
This is a memorial to all the anonymous craftsmen that over the
centuries have fashioned the man-made wonders of the world, many of
which are on display in the Museum. Around the tomb, the other
artworks - ceramics, tiles, cast metal sculpture, textiles and
prints - are laid out in ritualistic symmetry as if they once
belonged somewhere else. Alongside his own works, Grayson Perry
presents a personal selection of objects from the British Museum
that are the inspiration for his pieces or connected strongly with
them thematically or aesthetically. Including an introduction by
Grayson Perry and lavishly illustrated, this book takes us to the
fantasy world of a contemporary artist who never fails to challenge
and unsettle his audience. Turner Prize winner Grayson Perry uses
the seductive qualities of ceramics, tapestry, metalwork and other
art forms to make stealthy comments about societal injustices and
hypocrisies, and to explore a variety of historical and
contemporary themes.
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