Grayson Perry : portrait of the artist as a young girl / Wendy Jones.
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TextPublication details: London : Chatto & Windus, 2006.Description: 197 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cmISBN: - 0701178930 (hbk.)
- 9780701178932 (hbk.)
- 738.092 PER
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 738.092 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100410852 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'I was a child who was a cuckoo in the nest', Grayson says. In his bedroom not a scrap of wallpaper showed: every inch was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. Fantasy took over, in a world of battles ruled by his teddy bear, Alan Measles. He grew up. And in 2003, an acclaimed ceramic artist, maker of gorgeously shocking pots, he accpted the Turner Prize as his alter-ego Claire, wearing his best dress with a bow in his hair: another dream made real. Now he tells his own story, his voice caught by his friend, the writer Wendy Jones. Early childhood in Essex is a rural Eden that ends abruptly with the arrival of the man who became his stepfather, leading to a constant swerving between his parents' houses, and between boys' clothes and women's clothes. But as Grayson enters art college, and discovers the world of London squats and New Romanticism, he starts to find himself. At last, in his early twenties, he steps out as a potter and transvestite.