Playing to the gallery : helping contemporary art in its struggle to be understood / Grayson Perry.
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TextPublication details: New York : Particular Books, 2014.Description: 134 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781846148576
- 184614857X
- 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 | 39002100468413 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 words and 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. Questions such as- What is 'good' or 'bad' art - and does it even matter? Is there any way to test if something is art, other than a large group of people standing around looking at it? Is art still capable of shocking us or have we seen it all before? Can you be a 'lovable character' and a serious artist - what is a serious artist anyway? And what happens if you place a piece of art in a rubbish dump?