
Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 23. January 2020
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-500-09419-8 (ISBN)
Description
The first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of 'Transvestite Potter', bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry.
Grayson Perry is now a household name as a result of his widely viewed television documentaries, numerous publications - including his critically acclaimed book about masculinity, The Descent of Man - and dazzling appearances dressed as his alter ego, Claire. However, Perry first came to public attention in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, the first ceramicist to do so, and rapidly established a unique brand as 'the transvestite potter'. Ceramics are still central to Perry's work as an artist, and this book examines the plates, pots and statues from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s that laid the foundations of his career. It traces his artistic development, examining the iconography and meaning behind the work, as well as placing his art in the context not only of his own psychological make-up in the period before he underwent therapy but also of the various subcultures of the London art scene.
With essays by Grayson Perry, Andrew Wilson and Catrin Jones.
Grayson Perry is now a household name as a result of his widely viewed television documentaries, numerous publications - including his critically acclaimed book about masculinity, The Descent of Man - and dazzling appearances dressed as his alter ego, Claire. However, Perry first came to public attention in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, the first ceramicist to do so, and rapidly established a unique brand as 'the transvestite potter'. Ceramics are still central to Perry's work as an artist, and this book examines the plates, pots and statues from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s that laid the foundations of his career. It traces his artistic development, examining the iconography and meaning behind the work, as well as placing his art in the context not only of his own psychological make-up in the period before he underwent therapy but also of the various subcultures of the London art scene.
With essays by Grayson Perry, Andrew Wilson and Catrin Jones.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
148 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 249 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1066 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-09419-8 (9780500094198)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Catrin Jones is Chief Curator, The V&A Collection at the World of Wedgwood. Chris Stephens is Curator, Holburne Museum, Bath.
Content
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