Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood

Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood

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‘I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art’ Lynn Barber, Sunday Times 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 Gallery and not ‘Sucking up to an Academic Elite’). Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 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.

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Weight 0.132 kg
Dimensions 1.1 × 13 × 19.8 cm
Format
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Pages

144
Publisher

Year Published

2016-2-25
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0141979615
About The Author

Grayson Perry's first art prize was a large papier-mâché head he awarded to himself as part of a performance art project at college in 1980. Since then he has won many other awards, including the Turner Prize in 2003. He is now one of Britain's most celebrated artists and has had major solo exhibitions all over the world. His 2013 BBC Reith Lectures were the most popular lectures since the series began.

This book is full of good jokes, full of cartoons, full of memorable epigrams, but above all full of thought-provoking ideas that make you want to pause on every page and say: "Discuss." I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art. It should be issued as a set text in every school
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A visual and intellectual delight

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