Grayson Perry : my pretty little art career / edited by Rachel Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Grayson, 1960-

Contributor:

Kent, Rachel.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perry, Grayson, 1960-.

Potters--England--Exhibitions.

Potters.

Artists, British--Exhibitions.

Artists, British.

Pottery, British--Exhibitions.

Pottery, British.

Art, Modern--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Modern.

England.

Local Subjects:

Perry, Grayson, 1960-.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

257 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

My pretty little art career

Place of Publication:

Sydney, N.S.W. : MCA Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, 2015.

Summary:

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is pleased to present the first major survey exhibition in the Southern hemisphere by internationally renowned artist and Turner Prize recipient, Grayson Perry, as part of the Sydney International Art Series. Grayson Perry is one of the best known British artists of his generation, acclaimed for his ceramics, sculptures, drawings, prints and tapestries. With a keen eye for detail and a love of the popular and vernacular, Perry infuses his artworks with a sly humour and reflection on society past and present. The artist's highly decorated pots in particular reveal a panoply of imagery ranging from the highly personal to the political, their subjects including his own family, the art world, Biblical stories, the royal family, and images of warfare and sexual fantasy. Perry's transvestism and feminine alter ego 'Claire' emerges through his practice as a recurring visual motif. A contemporary of the YBA (Young British Artists) generation, he has forged a distinctive career that sits apart from the cooler theoretical approach of some of his peers, favouring a more flamboyant, accessible aesthetic that blurs the division of high art and popular culture. Curated by MCA Chief Curator Rachel Kent.--MCA website.

Contents:

Introduction / Mike Baird, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor Obe

Stockings & stealth bombs : Grayson Perry's subversive art / Rachel Kent

My pretty little art career / Grayson Perry

Shards & barbs : A potted history of my friendship with Grayson Perry / Louisa Buck

Who is Grayson Perry? / Julian Baggini

The world of transvestism

Glossary

Image plates

List of works

Artist's biography & bibliography

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Issued in a decorated slipcase with scalloped edge.

Includes bibliographical references.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 10 Dec. 2015 - 1 May 2016.

ISBN:

9781921034787

1921034785

OCLC:

994231044