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Fourth Plinth: How London Created the Smallest Sculpture Park in the World by Grayson Perry
Category: Art
A marble statue of a heavily pregnant disabled artist, a scale model of Nelson's HMS Victory with African print sails inside a huge bottle, and a giant cockerel in striking blue are just some of the controversial and political art works that have added a modern and provocative element to the north-west ...Show more
Grayson Perry: My Pretty Little Art Career by Rachel Kent, Grayson Perry, Julian Baggini and Louisa Buck
Category: Art and Design
Grayson Perry (born Chelmsford, Essex 1960) is one of Britain's most acclaimed contemporary artists, known for his ceramic works, sculptures in iron and brass, drawings, prints and tapestries. With a keen eye for detail and a love of the popular and vernacular, Perry infuses his art works with a sly hum ...Show more
Grayson Perry Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Girl by Grayson Perry
Category: Art
Packed with insights, wit, and illustrations of Grayson's own work, this book is of interest to young boys who hug their dreams to themselves.
Grayson Perry - Smash Hits by Grayson Perry
Category: Art and Design | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
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 This book, which includes first sight of new and previously unpublished works, is published to accompany the largest-ever retrospective of Perry’s art.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 ...Show more
Grayson Perry: The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman by Grayson Perry
Category: Art and Design
"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 ...Show more
Grayson's Art Club - The Exhibition by Grayson Perry; Charles McKenzie; Manchester Art Gallery Staff (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design
During lockdown, Grayson Perry, one of Britain's foremost artists, brought the nation together through art, helping them to unleash their creativity as part of his Channel 4 TV series. Every week he hosted the show from his own studio - taking the country with him as he created his own new art works. Gr ...Show more
Grayson's Art Club: The Exhibition Volume II by Grayson Perry, Swan Films, Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Category: Exhibition Catalogues
During the pandemic, Grayson Perry helped the nation find comfort and company through art during the hit TV series Grayson's Art Club by Swan Films for Channel 4.Each week Grayson hosted the show from his studio with his wife, Philippa (and often their cat, Kevin). Using video chat, Grayson spoke to fam ...Show more
Only Human - Photographs by Martin Parr by Phillip Prodger; Martin Parr; Grayson Perry (Contribution by); Anna Starling (Contribution by)
Category: Photography
A major new book on Martin Parr explores the photographer's most enduring subject - people - as never before By turns witty, surprising, and ingenious, Martin Parr's photographs reveal the eccentricities of modern life with affection and insight. This book - published to coincide both with Parr's 2019 ...Show more
Playing to the Gallery Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to be Understood by Grayson Perry
Category: Art and Design
'It's easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don't have a lot of academic and historical knowledge. But if there's one message that I want you to take away it's that anybody can enjoy art and anybody can have a life in the arts - even me! ...Show more
Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to be Understood by Grayson Perry
Category: Art and Design
"I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art. It should be issued as a set text in every school." (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 th ...Show more
Playing to the Gallery Postcards - Thirty-Six Postcards About Art by Grayson Perry
Category: Stationery & Gift
36 unique postcards by Grayson Perry, each featuring an original artwork from his book. Playing to the Gallery Acclaimed as 'a visual and intellectual delight' (Time Out), Grayson Perry's Playing to the Gallery allows us to truly appreciate art as he answers the questions that might occur to us in a gal ...Show more