Early Grayson Perry Ceramics

Perry s vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance.

Early grayson perry ceramics.

Perry s ceramics have a potter s mark which the gallery will use to check that they are genuine. Angry early works from grayson perry s pre therapy years reunited for bath show. Perry was born into a working class family and his interest in ceramics was kindled during childhood. Drawn in by the beauty of his objects which are covered with sgraffito drawing handwritten and stenciled text transferred photographs and sumptuous glaze at close range viewers apprehend darker subjects and narrative hints to environmental disaster and.

He works in several media. View grayson perry s works featured on ceramics now magazine grayson perry born in 1960 is an english artist known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross dressing. By age 13 he had confided his transvestism to his diary. Around 70 works from the pre therapy years as he has termed the period.

Grayson perry i want to be an artist 1996 earthenware 66 x 42 x 42 cm. See more ideas about grayson perry grayson perry. Grayson perry born march 24 1960 chelmsford essex england british potter who embedded in his work images of violence and other disturbing social issues. A master of the incongruous juxtaposition grayson perry scrawls savage satirical messages alongside sentiments of nostalgia for lost innocence.

Buy bid and inquire on grayson perry. Apr 7 2018 explore lissa potter s board grayson perry ceramics on pinterest. He studied at the braintree college of further education in essex and at. Perry makes ceramic pots hand stitched quilts and outrageous dress designs creating a cosmopolitan folk art.

Perry s world is one of politics religion and gender but at the heart of his output stands the key theme of ceramics the medium that rocketed him into the limelight and for which despite his broad and expansive work in a variety of different mediums he will always be known for. Winner of the turner prize in 2003 elected a member of the royal academy of arts in 2012 and awarded a cbe in 2013 grayson perry is of the most well know respected and recognisable of british artists at work today. Funny and powerful ceramics.