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"Grayson Perry, conocido por sus jarrones de cerâamica decorados con imâagenes impactantes y poco convencionales, saltâo a la fama en 2003 cuando ganâo el Premio Turner. Desde entonces, Perry se ha mantenido como una voz importante en las artes y la discusiâon contemporâanea sobre el gâenero; en 2016, publicâo el libro aclamado por la crâitica The Descent of Man. El trabajo contundente pero exquisito de Perry, que tambiâen incluye tapices, grabados, esculturas y dibujos, hace referencia a su propia educaciâon y su vida como travesti mientras aborda temas mâas amplios, desde la guerra y la religiâon hasta la polâitica y el sexo. Grayson Perry, ahora en una ediciâon ampliada y actualizada para cubrir su trabajo hasta 2019, explora el arte de Perry a travâes de una discusiâon de sus temas y temas principales. El texto de Jacky Klein se complementa con comentarios âintimos y perspicaces sobre piezas individuales del artista, lo que brinda un acceso âunico a su mundo imaginativo y procesos creativos. Se ilustran mâas de 225 obras de Perry, asâi como una rica selecciâon del material visual que lo ha inspirado, desde alfombras de guerra afganas, batiks de Sumatra y retablos medievales hasta las pinturas de Pieter Bruegel y el artista marginal estadounidense Henry Darger." --Amazon.com. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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But Perry Grayson fairly aggressively claims to be a conceptual artist in the early part of this book and there is definitely more to be gained from seeing his work than just hearing it described. This made me think a bit and I concluded that there's a kind of second tier of highly intellectual art that nevertheless benefits the viewer's time and attention. This doesn't make it worse, in my view (quite the opposite) but it's art that isn't purely a concept that doesn't need to be physically present to achieve its aims. Later in the book, Perry very much lays claim to the craft of his work (mainly pottery) which also runs counter to my notions of conceptual art, as does the extensive social, religious and political commentary and autobiographical content. He talks about not liking the idea of an artist who merely has the idea and gets his "assistants" to actually make it. (Damien Hirst gets called out in this context.)
Perry's work is typically very dense with imagery, some of which is recurring across many pieces, becoming a personal iconography and because usually a continuous surface in three dimensional space, photos struggle somewhat to capture everything. Actually seeing a Perry pot is the best way to appreciate it - the antithesis of my definition of conceptual art. On the other hand, Perry's own commentary on the work is extremely helpful in understanding what is going on in it and often times more interesting than the actual object - veering back towards the conceptual.
The book itself is a thorough and comprehensive look at Perry's career, divided into thematic sections but also illustrating Perry's changing attitudes as he has grown older and I can highly recommend it if you are interested in his work. ( )