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Grayson Perry | |
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 Perry in 2007 | |
| Born | 24 March 1960 |
| Education | Portsmouth University |
| Known for | Fine art |
| Spouse | Philippa Perry |
| Children | Flo Perry |
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| Patron(s) | Charles Saatchi |
Sir Grayson Perry CBE RA Hon FRIBA (born 24 March 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries,[1] and cross-dressing, as well as his observations of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British "prejudices, fashions and foibles".[2]
Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, and "Alan Measles", his childhood teddy bear, often appear. He has made a number of documentary television programmes[3] and has curated exhibitions.[2] He has published two autobiographies, Grayson Perry: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Girl (2007) and The Descent of Man (2016), written and illustrated a graphic novel, Cycle of Violence (2012), written a book about art, Playing to the Gallery (2014), and published his illustrated Sketchbooks (2016). Various books describing his work have been published. In 2013 he delivered the BBC Reith Lectures.[4]
Perry has had solo exhibitions at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh,[5] and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan.[5] His work is held in the permanent collections of the British Council and Arts Council,[5] Crafts Council,[6] Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam,[7] Tate[8] and Victoria and Albert Museum, London.[9]
Perry was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003. He was interviewed about the win and resulting press in Sarah Thornton's Seven Days in the Art World.[10] In 2008 he was ranked number 32 in The Daily Telegraph's list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".[11] In 2012, Perry was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork—the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover—to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life.[12]
- ^ Moore, Suzanne (8 June 2013). "Grayson Perry's tapestries: weaving class and taste". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ a b Cole, Alison (29 May 2015). "Grayson Perry: Provincial Punk loses his edge". The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
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- ^ "The 100 most powerful people in British culture". The Daily Telegraph. 11 November 2016.
- ^ Davies, Caroline (12 November 2016). "New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday". The Guardian.