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Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood
Perry Grayson
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Description for Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood
Paperback. Shows that any of us can appreciate art. Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this title presents the author's personal journey through the art world that answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art. It should be issued as a set text in every school' 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 ... Read more
'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art. It should be issued as a set text in every school' 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141979618
SKU
V9780141979618
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99-99
About Perry Grayson
Grayson Perry's first art prize was a large papier-mache 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood
It's unputdownable! It's really relevant to anyone who does anything ... A great book ... Grayson is brilliant
Stewart Lee A polemic for inclusivity... The great thing about Perry's statement of it here is that you are always convinced that he believes it and lives by it
Observer
A joy to read
New Statesman
It ... Read more
Stewart Lee A polemic for inclusivity... The great thing about Perry's statement of it here is that you are always convinced that he believes it and lives by it
Observer
A joy to read
New Statesman
It ... Read more