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The vanity of small differences / Grayson Perry.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Hayward Publishing, 2013Description: 119 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781853323157
  • 1853323152
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 738.092 PER
Contents:
The vanity of small differences / Grayson Perry -- No better than they ought to be / Suzanne Moore --Tapestry decoded / Adam Lowe.
Summary: Telling a story of class and taste, aspiration and identity, tapestry series \'The Vanity of Small Differences\' saw Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry travel the length and breadth of the UK on safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain. The result is a monumental exploration of the emotional investment we make in the things we choose to live with, wear, eat, read or drive. The six vibrant and highly detailed tapestries presented here bear the influence both of early Renaissance painting and of William Hogarth\'s moralising series, literally weaving characters, incidents and objects from the artist\'s research into a modern-day version of \'A Rake\'s Progress\' (1733). Featuring essays by journalist Suzanne Moore (\'Guardian\', \'The Mail\') and Grayson Perry, alongside extensive commentary on each of the tapestries and their making, this book is an essential companion to one of the key contemporary art works of the last decade. Show More Show Less.
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Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 738.092 PER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100468439

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Telling a story of class and taste, aspiration and identity, the tapestry series The Vanity of Small Differences by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry (born 1960) was conceived up and down the length and breadth of the U.K., as Perry traveled for Channel 4 television "on safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain." The result is a monumental exploration of the "emotional investment we make in the things we choose to live with, wear, eat, read or drive." The six vibrant and highly detailed tapestries presented here bear the influence both of early Renaissance painting and of William Hogarth's "modern moral subjects," literally weaving characters, incidents and objects from Perry's research into a modern-day version of Hogarth's famous A Rake's Progress . This book is an essential companion to one of the key contemporary art works of the last decade.

The vanity of small differences / Grayson Perry -- No better than they ought to be / Suzanne Moore --Tapestry decoded / Adam Lowe.

Telling a story of class and taste, aspiration and identity, tapestry series \'The Vanity of Small Differences\' saw Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry travel the length and breadth of the UK on safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain. The result is a monumental exploration of the emotional investment we make in the things we choose to live with, wear, eat, read or drive. The six vibrant and highly detailed tapestries presented here bear the influence both of early Renaissance painting and of William Hogarth\'s moralising series, literally weaving characters, incidents and objects from the artist\'s research into a modern-day version of \'A Rake\'s Progress\' (1733). Featuring essays by journalist Suzanne Moore (\'Guardian\', \'The Mail\') and Grayson Perry, alongside extensive commentary on each of the tapestries and their making, this book is an essential companion to one of the key contemporary art works of the last decade. Show More Show Less.

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