Grayson Perry Knihy

Even a monarch needs a best friend and Queen Elizabeth II found one in a corgi pup she named Susan. From princesshood to queendom the pair forged an unbreakable bond, with Susan even participating in Elizabeth’s wedding day and joining her on honeymoon with Prince Philip. The Queen has had more than 30 corgi companions, and almost all were direct descendants of her cherished Susan.Godwin Books

The catalogue to accompany the exhibition of works selected by Grayson Perry during season two of the popular TV series, Grayson’s Art Club . During the pandemic, Grayson Perry helped the nation find comfort and company through art during the hit TV series Grayson’s Art Club by Swan Films for Channel 4.Each week Grayson hosted the show from his studio with his wife, Philippa (and often their cat, Kevin). Using video chat, Grayson spoke to famous artists and creatives about how they were spending their time and invited them to respond creatively to lockdown. Each week had a different theme – family, nature, food, dreams, work, and travel.Members of the public were also invited to share their own artworks and over 17,000 entries were submitted throughout series two in a vast range of mediums – from paintings and photography, to ceramics and textiles.Collectively, the artworks are powerful and very personal responses to the pandemic and form a lasting artistic record of the unprecedented times the nation experienced together.The artworks from season two are collected here to catalogue the exhibition at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

"Grayson Perry turns his acute eye on the gender that always seems to be in crisis in this funny, essential book. What is masculinity and what can it become? It might seem like a luxury in a world facing climate change and vast imbalances in global wealth, but Grayson Perry sees masculinity as a highly active component in all the big issues. Tracing the contours of the dominant male role today, its history and its clearly defined rules, this book explores everything from sex, seriousness and intimidation to clothing, childhood and power, suggesting a more modern model of manhood which may reach escape velocity from the gravity of traditional man."--

Including new pieces and illuminating texts by Perry himself, 76 works from the exhibition form the centrepiece of this vibrant and insightful retrospective of his life and work.

Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Galleryand not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular Reith Lectures and full of words and pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Questions such as- What is 'good' or 'bad' art - and does it even matter? Is there any way to test if something is art, other than a large group of people standing around looking at it? Is art still capable of shocking us or have we seen it all before? Can you be a 'lovable character' and a serious artist - what isa serious artist anyway? And what happens if you place a piece of art in a rubbish dump?

"Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Galleryand not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask."

Zeitgenössische Kunst lässt viele Menschen oft ratlos zurück: „Das soll jetzt Kunst sein?“, „Was unterscheidet eigentlich ‚gute‘ von ‚schlechter‘ Kunst?“, „Und wer entscheidet das eigentlich?“ – Der britische Künstler und Exzentriker Grayson Perry stellt sich all diesen Fragen und nimmt die Leser mit auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise in die Welt der Gegenwartskunst. Basierend auf seinen populären „Reith Lectures“ für die BBC erzählt er als Insider in wunderbar anschaulichem und witzigem Plauderton vom Sinn und Unsinn im internationalen Kunstzirkus. Dabei bietet er einen unterhaltsamen Einstieg in das Thema und überzeugt mit der ihm eigenen Mischung aus Witz, Ironie, klaren Beobachtungen sowie präzisen Fakten. Perrys humorvolle wie augenzwinkernde Zeichnungen runden dieses kurzweilige Buch ab und machen es zu einem idealen Kunstführer durch die zeitgenössische Kunst, ihre Szenen, ihre Spielstätten und das große Rad des Geldes – die ideale Vorbereitung für den nächsten Besuch einer Galerie oder einer Ausstellung!