Those readers who drop by The Green Man for their daily dose of having their sensibilities affronted are going to have a field day with this one.
One of Englands highest prizes in art has been won by Grayson Perry. This is a picture of him at the ceremony where he was awarded the prize dressed as his alter ego, Claire. A style of dress he usually prefers. Perry is a potter of renown and The Green Man suspects that he has something a little more practical set aside for the countless hours that he undoubtedly spends at the potters wheel.
Accepting his award he said
"I want to make something that lives with the eye as a beautiful piece of art, but on closer inspection, a polemic or an ideology will come out of it,"
His vases typically depict controversial topics such as sex and child abuse. Vases depicting sex scenes and child abuse are, however, quite bland for the Turner Prize. Previous winners have included a soiled bed, a pickled cow and a painting adorned with elephant dung. Last year's winner, Keith Tyson, presented lead casts of every item on a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant's menu.
Below is a sample of one of his vases.
See more of Grayson Perry's work in Ceramics Today.
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or read the most recent entries here.how could i contact Grayson to email him a few questions? i am a student doing a dissertion on postmodern ceramics and his work and thoughts would be highly useful to offer me an insight into his thinking.
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I am a student from brighton university. After last year lecture from Grayson i wish to get an interview with him and his wife to assist my dissertation. How can i get in touch with him. Thank you. cecile
Posted by: cecile at March 28, 2004 08:54 AMGrayson Perry – very much his own man. Grayson Perry’s work unsettles the contemporary art world. It is not simply because he chose to accept the Turner Prize 2003 in the persona of his alter-ego ‘Claire’, dressed in the latest of his art ‘coming out’frocks in mauve satin, exquisitely embroidered with rabbits, roses, hearts, and the words ‘sissy’ and ‘Claire’, and teamed with white ankle-socks and red patent-leather Mary-Jane shoes. Although, as Perry himself is quick to point out, the ‘tranny’ (which is how he refers to himself) does have a remarkable capacity to provoke anxiety. That, he explains, is some combination of disappointment and unease at the fragility of the illusion.
Learn more about Grayson Perry at The Saatchi Gallery Grayson Perry webpages.
Grayson Perry – very much his own man. Grayson Perry’s work unsettles the contemporary art world. It is not simply because he chose to accept the Turner Prize 2003 in the persona of his alter-ego ‘Claire’, dressed in the latest of his art ‘coming out’frocks in mauve satin, exquisitely embroidered with rabbits, roses, hearts, and the words ‘sissy’ and ‘Claire’, and teamed with white ankle-socks and red patent-leather Mary-Jane shoes. Although, as Perry himself is quick to point out, the ‘tranny’ (which is how he refers to himself) does have a remarkable capacity to provoke anxiety. That, he explains, is some combination of disappointment and unease at the fragility of the illusion.
Learn more about Grayson Perry at The Saatchi Gallery Grayson Perry webpages.
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