Greyson Perry

In our lecture we spoke about Greyson Perry, a British artist who is also a writer and broadcaster. 

Something I realized was Perry uses a wide variety of artworks and media. His fame first begun with ceramics. His ceramics were known for being very unique as he would only produce one of each which made them very valuable. Perry also created paintings, tapestries, and even a television series.

 

Perry is a transvestite and has a feminine alter ego named Claire. Further exploring his transvestism, he made his first television series called "Why Men Wear Dresses" in 2005. This also grew his popularity. He is also very confident in this part of himself and tries to make it more known and normal and I feel like he could be a good inspiration for other men like him.

 

Greysons approach to his work is very provocative, expressive, and also a bit exciting! His work can also seem very humorous and unique.

I also find his work a bit childish as he incorporates in a lot of his work, a teddy bear that he has had since he was young and he uses this teddy bear as a character in a alot of his works. He is very inspired by his childhood and ways that his mother effected it. It seems his approach to his work is to not think so much about it and just to do what first comes to mind. This is often a challenge I feel for more artists to achieve because often putting expressions or feeling and thoughts into art can be more easier said than done. I see this as a great strength that he has. 

His work really clings to the theme or expressionism because in most of Perrys work, there is a message being displayed. More in his early work was when he created more autobiographic work where his art was mostly about him and his experiences as a child, but in his more recent days he expresses more social issues like politics, identity, education, and gender.