{"product_id":"9780500094198","title":"Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Jones, Catrin, Stephens, Chris, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 23\/01\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 176 pages, 148 Illustrations, color,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Art \u0026amp; design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780500094198\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of 'Transvestite Potter', bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrayson Perry is now a household name as a result of his widely viewed television documentaries, numerous publications - including his critically acclaimed book about masculinity, The Descent of Man - and dazzling appearances dressed as his alter ego, Claire. However, Perry first came to public attention in 2003 when he won the Turner Prize, the first ceramicist to do so, and rapidly established a unique brand as 'the transvestite potter'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCeramics are still central to Perry's work as an artist, and this book examines the plates, pots and statues from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s that laid the foundations of his career. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt traces his artistic development, examining the iconography and meaning behind the work, as well as placing his art in the context not only of his own psychological make-up in the period before he underwent therapy but also of the various subcultures of the London art scene. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith essays by Grayson Perry, Andrew Wilson and Catrin Jones.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021737230489,"sku":"9780500094198","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780500094198.jpg?v=1602539960","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780500094198","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}