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What is Art? Everyone’s favorite transvestite Turner Prize winner explains.

July 6, 2015 by Mrs Smith Reads Leave a Comment

Grayson Perry has always been one of my favorite artists. I’ve admired his work, from his pre-Turner Prize days and felt a kinship to his interesting attempts to take ugly subject matter (poverty, drug addiction) and turn it into intimate and beautiful decoration on his masterful ceramic pottery. Who Are You?, his recent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, (as well as a 4-part series on Channel 4) was one of the highlights of my last visit to London. Playing to the Gallery is a […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: art, Grayson Perry, Mrs Smith Reads, Non-Fiction, Playing to the Gallery

Mrs Smith Reads's CBR7 Review No:3 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: art, Grayson Perry, Mrs Smith Reads, Non-Fiction, Playing to the Gallery ·
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