Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

Catrin Jones

ISBN 10: 0500094195 / ISBN 13: 9780500094198

Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, GB, 2020

The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of 'Transvestite Potter', bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry is now a household name as a result of his widely viewed television documentaries, numerous publications - including his critically acclaimed book about masculinity, The Descent of Man - and dazzling appearances dressed as his alter ego, Claire. However, Perry first came to public attention in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, the first ceramicist to do so, and rapidly established a unique brand as 'the transvestite potter'. Ceramics are still central to Perry's work as an artist, and this book examines the plates, pots and statues from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s that laid the foundations of his career. It traces his artistic development, examining the iconography and meaning behind the work, as well as placing his art in the context not only of his own psychological make-up in the period before he underwent therapy but also of the various subcultures of the London art scene. With essays by Grayson Perry, Andrew Wilson and Catrin Jones. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LU-9780500094198

Inhaltsangabe:

Grayson Perry was the first ceramicist to win the Turner Prize, the internationally renowned award for the best young British Artist. He rapidly established a unique brand as the transvestite potter. This book examines the plates, pots, and statues from the 1980s to the mid-1990s with which he established his career. Perry sold many of his early pieces for modest sums and subsequently lost track of their whereabouts. With the help of an international art treasure hunt this book brings together both his known and previously lost and undocumented pieces.Accompanying Perry s traveling exhibition, which opens at the Holburne Museum, Bath, in January 2020, this book features full color illustrations of his seminal ceramic works from this period. As well as an essay from the artist and critical essays from experts on Perry s work.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Chris Stephens is the director of the Holburne Museum, Bath.

Catrin Jones is a curator specializing in historic and contemporary applied arts. She joined the V&A in 2020 as Chief Curator, V&A Wedgwood Collection.

Andrew Wilson is the Senior Curator of Modern and Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain, London.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years
Verlag: Thames and Hudson Ltd, GB
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Einband: Hardback
Zustand: New