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The artist Grayson Perry
Born 1960, Chelmsford, Essex, England.
Born 1960, Chelmsford, Essex, England.
Style and technique of the artist: Sculpture Objects, Turner Prize,
Winner 2003 Turnerprize.
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Vases covered in witty captions, elaborate tapestries and the centrepiece, a richly decorated cast iron coffin-ship, will be displayed alongside objects from the past two million years of culture and civilisation. From the first great invention, the hand axe, to a Hello Kitty pilgrim hand-towel, you will discover a reality that is old and new, poetic and factual, and funny as well as grim…
Glazed ceramic Vase
Glazed ceramic Vase
Ceramics
Grayson Perry in the frock he wore to the palace: "I don’t think she could believe her eyes when she saw me."
Perry’s urns are rendered with an incomprehensible master-craft: their surfaces richly textured from designs marked into the clay, followed by intricately complicated glazing and photo-transfer techniques. Perry makes ceramic pots, hand-stitched quilts, and outrageous dress designs, creating a cosmopolitan folk-art…
Perry’s subject matter sometimes comes from his upbringing in the Essex countryside, as depicted on the vase, I was an Angry Working Class Man 2001…
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