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Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years - Hardcover

 
9780500094198: Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

Synopsis

The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of ‘Transvestite Potter’, bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry is one of today’s most popular artists, known for his flamboyant persona and playful pots. For the first time, this book explores Perry’s artistic origins through the artworks that made his name in the years 1982–94, exploring his role as commentator on contemporary culture and the emergence of his own identity as ‘the Transvestite Potter’. The book includes an essay by Grayson Perry in which he looks back on this period of his life.


Table of Contents

Foreword by Chris Stephens • Towards a Pre-History of Grayson Perry by Andrew Wilson
The Iconography of Grayson Perry’s Pre-Therapy Years by Catrin Jones • The Pre-Therapy
Years
by Grayson Perry • The Works

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About the Authors

Catrin Jones is Chief Curator, The V&A Collection at the World of Wedgwood.

Chris Stephens is Curator, Holburne Museum, Bath.

From the Back Cover

Grayson Perry is one of today’s most popular artists, known for his flamboyant persona and playful pots. For the first time, this book explores Perry’s artistic origins through the artworks that made his name in the years 1982–94, exploring his role as commentator on contemporary culture and the emergence of his own identity as ‘the Transvestite Potter’. The book includes an essay by Grayson Perry in which he looks back on this period of his life.

Accompanies an exhibition at the Holburne Museum, Bath, from 24 January to 25 May 2020, which will then show at York City Art Gallery, York, from 19 June to 20 September, and at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, from 18 October 2020 to 31 January 2021.

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