Grayson Perry at The British Museum
I am just back from the Grayson Perry exhibition - “The tomb of the unknown craftsman” at the British Museum and this exhibition is a definite “must see”.
Turner Prize winner and kitsch transvestite artist Perry has, in this compact but memorable exhibition, juxtaposed his seductive ceramics, tapestries and metal-works alongside similar items from the British Museum’s permanent collection. Perry’s objets, with their tutti-frutti colours, seem to light up the dusty exhibits placed next to them, breathing new life into old bones.
Closest to Perry’s heart among all the objects on show is Alan Measles, a fifty-year-old teddy bear that has belonged to the artist since birth, and which was, the artist tells us, “‘the benign director of my childhood imaginary world”
I left this exhibition, a tender, endearing and humorous celebration of all the anonymous craftsmen in the world who have used their skills to bring us all the marvels we find in museums, mostly found in tombs when it comes to the British Museum, feeling really inspired. I enjoyed discovering the different artifacts that Perry selected and guessing which ones were part of the British Museum’s collection and which ones were the creations of Perry
“The tomb of the unknown craftsman” by Grayson Perry at the British Museum until the 19th of February 2012
