Grayson Perry (Paperback)
- Artist: Grayson Perry
- Published: 2009
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
- Edition: -
- Format: Paperback
- Height: 30cm
- Pages: 256
- Illustrations: Illustrated in colour throughout.
£24.95
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Jacky Klein will be signing copies of her book in the Bookshop following a talk on Thursday 3rd February at 6pm. Visit the Pallant House Gallery Website for further details.
Grayson Perry, famous for his ceramic vases decorated with shocking and unconventional imagery, is one of a generation of contemporary British artists to have emerged on the international stage in the last two decades. He shot to fame in 2003 when he won the prestigious Turner Prize, collecting the award wearing a lilac babydoll dress and red pumps. In this lavishly illustrated monograph, Jacky Klein explores Perry's work through a discussion of his major themes and subjects, such as class or conflict. Her text is complemented by a series of intimate, insightful commentaries on individual pieces by the artist himself. The book features some 150 of Perry's works as well as a rich selection of the visual material that has inspired him, from Afghan war rugs, medieval altarpieces and satirical prints to the paintings of Pieter Brueghel, Anselm Kiefer and the American Outsider artist Henry Darger. With an up-to-date biography, bibliography and exhibition history, this definitive book is the first to explore fully the achievements of Perry's twenty-five-year career.
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Authors Biography
Jacky Klein is an art historian and writer specialising in twentieth-century and contemporary art. Formerly a curator at London’s Hayward Gallery, she now works in publishing.
Artists Biography
Grayson Perry (born 1960) is an English artist, known mainly for his ceramic vases but works in several media. Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance, e.g. child abuse and sado-masochism. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, often appear.
He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003 for his ceramics, receiving the prize dressed as Claire. He lives in London and Sussex with his wife, the author and psychotherapist, Philippa Perry and their daughter Flo.
