Playing to the Gallery
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Playing to the Gallery by Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry's book will overturn everything you thought you knew about art 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 this book Playing to the Gallery and not Sucking Up to the Academic Elite). This funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but that we're too embarrassed to ask. Questions such as: What is good or bad art--and does it even matter? Is art still capable of shocking us or have we seen it all before? And what happens if you place a piece of art in a rubbish dump?
Perry, Grayson: - Grayson Perry uses the seductive qualities of ceramics, tapestry, metalwork and other art forms to make stealthy comments about societal injustices and hypocrisies, and to explore a variety of historical and contemporary themes. Perry is a great chronicler of contemporary life, drawing us in with wit, affecting sentiment and nostalgia as well as fear and anger. Autobiographical references can be read in tandem with debates about dü¾Ž–”¼cor and decorum and the status of the artist versus that of the artisan, debates which Perry turns on their head. He has had major solo exhibitions at Mudam, Luxembourg (2008), 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan (2007), Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh (2006), Barbican Art Gallery, London (2002) and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2002). He has also curated two exhibitions - Unpopular Culture, de la Warr Pavilion (2008) and The Charms of Lincolnshire, The Collection, Lincoln (2006).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780143127352 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143127357 |
| Title | Playing to the Gallery |
| Author | Grayson Perry |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2015-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |