Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be
Grayson Perry's irreverent, acclaimed look at the art world, now published in paperback
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 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.
Author: Grayson Perry
Format: Paperback, 144 pages, 130mm x 198mm, 132 g
Published: 2016, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Individual Artists / Art Monographs
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Grayson Perry's irreverent, acclaimed look at the art world, now published in paperback
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 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.
Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be