Lot 535 - Grayson Perry - Study for The Great Beauty (4)
Ink on Paper
2022
A6 (15x10cm) Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
ARTIST INFO
About
Perry studied at Braintree College of Further Education from 1978 to 1979 and graduated from Portsmouth Polytechnic in 1982. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003.
He works in a variety of mediums but is best known as a ceramicist. There is a dissonance between the conventional forms of his vessels and the depictions that adorn them. He uses imagery and text to chronicle social concerns, his own formative experiences and to tell the story of his alter ego, Claire. The tone of his narratives is psychologically complex and often caustic. Although he uses traditional methods to make his pots, he employs a range of techniques, such as embossing and photographic transfers, to create intricate, animated surfaces.
Select Exhibitions/Awards
Recent solo exhibitions
2018 Grayson Perry, KIASMA, Helskinki; touring to Monnaie de Paris, Paris
Grayson Perry: Making Meaning, The Gallery at Windsor, Vero Beach, Florida
The Vanity of Small Differences, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2017 The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever!, Serpentine Gallery, London; touring to Arnolfini, Bristol
Making Himself Claire: Grayson Perry’s Dresses, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Grayson Perry: The Life of Julie Cope, Firstsite Gallery, Colchester
2016 Hold Your Beliefs Lightly, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht; touring to ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, Aarhus
2015 Provincial Punk, Turner Contemporary, Margate
Small Differences, Pera Museum, Istanbul
My Pretty Little Art Career, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2014 Who Are You?, National Portrait Gallery, London
Walthamstow Tapestry, Winchester Discovery Centre
Selected collections
Arts Council Collection
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Brighton & Hove Museums
British Council Collection
The British Library (Map Library)
British Museum
Chelmsford Museum
Crafts Council
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Government Art Collection
House of Commons Collection
Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery)
Manchester City Galleries
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Tate, London
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
Awards
2017 Royal Television Society Programme Award (Best Presenter and Best Arts Programme)
Evening Standard Contemporary Art Prize
Grierson Award (Best Presenter)
2016 Political Studies Association Award
RIBA Honorary Fellowship
GQ Men / Writer of the Year Award
2015 Chancellor of the University of the Arts, London
Trustee of the British Museum
BAFTA (Best Specialist Factual)
2013 BAFTA (Best Specialist Factual)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
2003 Turner Prize winner
PLEASE DO NOT BID ON ARTWORK IN OUR ART ON A POSTCARD AUCTIONS IF YOU INTEND ON SELLING THE ARTWORK AFTER YOU HAVE PURCHASED IT. THIS AUCTION HAS BEEN ORGANISED FOR CHARITY AND ALL ARTWORKS HAVE BEEN GENEROUSLY DONATED BY THE ARTISTS TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE HEPATITIS C TRUST. WHEN THE WORK PRODUCED FOR THE CHARITY IS SOLD ON THE SECONDARY MARKET IT DAMAGES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARTIST AND PREVENTS US FROM FUNDRAISING.